Growing focus on natural capital among investors helped fuel interest and fundraising momentum for timber markets in 2024.
Paine Schwartz Partners current sits at the top of the tree but BTG’s blockbuster timberland vehicle could mean we have a new leader in 2025.
Kempen's SDG Farmland Fund could double in next three years; Artesian and Hort Innovation launch A$60 million ($38 million; €36 million) horticulture fund; AMERRA’s founders take ownership of the firm via management buyout; Australian regulator finds ‘weaknesses’ in superfund unlisted asset valuation processes. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.
Kempen portfolio manager Tim van den Pol says most of the growth will come through existing assets, with further acquisitions in new countries possible.
AMERRA Capital Management’s founders aim to continue building their agribusiness investment capabilities across private debt and capital solutions post-buyout.
The Hort Innovation Venture Fund follows in the footsteps of Artesian’s A$50m partnership with the Grains Research and Development Corporation.
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Morrison operating partner James Shaw wants to deliver 150 million tonnes of carbon reductions by 2030 – an amount equal to New Zealand’s contribution under the Paris Agreement.
The gulf between annual and permanent results continued to widen in Q3 2024, with annual farmland outperforming permanent cropping.
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