The firm has entered into a JV with South Yorkshire Pension Authority, which has curated the 21,000-acre asset over the last 40 years.
Munich RE Group asset manager MEAG has built up a €500m farmland portfolio for the insurer through a disciplined upstream approach.
The credit vehicle has been backed by more than a dozen LPs, including the Rockefeller Foundation.
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The financial services firm is aiming to build a loan book worth more than A$1bn over the next five years.
The ANREV Australian Farmland Index recorded its lowest annualized return to date as returns fell below zero for the first time.
The fund will alongside multiple British scientific and research institutions to invest in start-up, spin-out and scale-up businesses linked to the bodies.
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The vehicle has received a cornerstone investment from the European Investment Fund.
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