Fund Structure

Kudu chief executive Rob Jakacki says his firm’s permanent capital structure is a good fit with real assets like farmland and infrastructure.

The president of Peoples Company says his priority is to create a nationally scaled farmland service provider – not a competitor to fund managers.

Co-managing director Paul Greenwood says the agribusiness firm’s inclusion within his GP stakes fund reflects how diversification benefits and return potential have increased agriculture’s appeal among global allocators.

In the final instalment of our buy-and-lease Deep Dive, we speak to ASR Real Estate, International Farming Corporation and SLM Partners about their distinct approaches to the strategy. 

In the second installment of our Deep Dive into buy-and-lease farmland strategies, we speak to five GPs who have expanded their real asset plays to incorporate agricultural infrastructure.

The farmland strategy has swung wholesale from being almost exclusively a closed-end play to an open-end strategy – but its evolution is far from over.

Farmland’s resilience amid inflation and high interest rates has increased the interest among Canadian institutions, says vice-president of investments Daniel Bacon.

In the first installment in our deep dive into buy-and-lease farmland strategies, we take a close look at one of the oldest open-end farmland funds in the market.

Forestry-Linked Securities wants to shake things up with a different approach to exiting its forestry portfolio with an asset securitization.

David Chan says changes in the macro environment have created ‘potentially a generational opportunity’ in lending to US growers struggling to find working capital.