Emerging Markets

Savills' Ian Bailey tells Agri Investor that institutional investors are more risk averse today than 10 years ago, when they at least seemed curious about frontier markets.

Dubbed the world's largest solar park, the $2.3bn Pavagada facility will lease land from struggling producers in an arid part of Karnataka state.

Booming values in Poland, Bulgaria and Romania should not prompt investors to overlook the region’s political and economic uncertainties, according to Savills' latest report.

The emerging markets firm has halted fundraising and capital deployment as Arif Naqvi hands over leadership to two co-heads.

Director of sustainability Bas Ruter tells Agri Investor how the Dutch bank hopes to securitize loans provided through a $1bn facility established alongside the UN once enough investments have been made.

Having hired two Brazil-based execs, the Montreal-headquartered debt firm plans to raise a separate vehicle devoted to agriculture once it has closed its flagship fund.

IFC executives tells Agri Investor that the deal continues a years-long effort to stoke investor sentiment about the Latin American ag powerhouse that is starting to bear fruit.

The funds will be used to build enabling infrastructure, including 750 hectares of irrigation systems, in Cabinda Province, improving smallholders’ access to agricultural inputs and credit.

The Hong Kong-based firm, which bills itself as the most active PE investor in the Central Asian nation, will acquire a controlling stake in Aina Dairy Farm.

The firm, which expects to make two investments totalling $40m by March, aims for 20% to 25% IRRs. We spoke with chairman Rajesh Srivastava about fund structure and strategy.