Institutional Investors

As of March 31, 2016, the Natural Resources portfolio held assets of $2.5bn, 16.8% of which represented agriculture.

The fund will seek investments in sustainable food processing and production companies, and agritech businesses across Europe and Australasia.

MassPRIM's Real Estate and Timberland Committee recommended that Danish timberland investment manager International Woodland Company will be paid a total of $400,000 over three years.

The $300m fund of funds will target returns of about 20% through investments with mid-market private equity funds in frontier and emerging markets, potentially including agriculture-focused funds.

Red Reef's Suzanne Petrela offers Agri Investor her thoughts on ultra-high-net-worth investors’ views on farmland investments and the current outlook for North American farmland.

CIO Roland Lescure said the challenge in doing so has been finding ways to measure the actual environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts of the companies his firm invests in.

The firm's Head of real assets Paul Jayasingha tells Agri Investor that while the firm has yet to find any agricultural funds that meet the Secure Income Fund’s investment criteria, he hopes to in the future.

“CPPIB annually updates progress on strategy, including the repositioning of any program,” a company spokesperson told Agri Investor.

Fonds agroalimentaire CDPQ will make direct and fund investments designed to support Quebec’s agri businesses, new farmers and established family farmers.

The location of the 24 properties in prime agricultural country, along with a yield of around 5 percent and the potential to generate carbon credits is attracting financial investors first and foremost.