The real estate investment trust has hired Mark Bice from global timberland manager BTG Pactual Timberland to focus on acquisitions in southern US.
HNRG, the institutional investment management arm of Manulife, has promoted Bill Peressini from chief financial officer.
The pension fund has hired Paul Mouchakkaa from Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing to lead its $29.bn real assets portfolio.
The global agri fund manager has hired Shankar Athreya as head of farmland investments.
The investment advisory firm is now owned by the management and other founding shareholders after buying Investment AB Kinnevik’s majority stake.
Speaking at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin, FAO’s director-general called for a widespread transition into sustainable farming globally.
The listed real estate investment trust has hired Bill Hughes to handle acquisitions and farm management in the Midwest region.
The US investment manager increased AUM by $100m in 2014 to $1.1bn and 116 properties, although new investor demand was muted.
The FAO’s director-general has met with Dilma Rousseff, the new president of Brazil, and the new government.
Mark McHugh worked at Raymond James previously where he advised on the first-ever timber REIT IPO.