Fund Structure

The Nature Conservancy managing director Charlotte Kaiser said the body could work with RRG in several ways to achieve a conservation outcome.

Touchdown Ventures principal Selina Troesch Munster says dedicated venture capital units have become 'almost table stakes' for corporates active in food and agriculture.

The ag merchant and processor’s 2019 annual report suggests alternative proteins, traceability and food waste are among subsectors where LDC Innovations will deploy capital.

Up to 10% of Fund II could end up invested in the asset class, with permanent crops and agtech growth equity eyed to help meet the vehicle’s 15% net return target.

Executive secretary Gary Harbin says KTRS expects its separate account to yield an 8% annual return when measured over an envisioned 30- to 50-year hold period.

The Series B shares will pay an 8 percent annual dividend and were offered as part of deal that gives SunOpta the option to call on a second tranche of $30m from Oaktree and Engaged Capital before mid-July.

Chief investment officer Ross Iverson says a global focus on liquidity is likely to make closed-end fundraising markets challenging over the next 18 months.

The firm’s first regional Australia-New Zealand fund will convert from a 10-year closed-end fund in a move that could be replicated in its other funds.

Registered investment advisors have long asked after a product to expand farmland exposure among retail investors, says Timbrel Capital’s Amanda Teeple.

Quantified Ventures’ Mark Lambert says an expanded Soil and Water Outcomes Fund launched in early April could attract both debt and equity investors in the future.