Private Equity

The firm is cutting down its interest in the international meat company by selling a 10 percent stake for $1.19bn, two years after the portfolio corporation was listed.

The energy, metals and mining buyout fund will opportunistically consider inputs, processing, finishing, distribution, preservatives or aquaculture acquisitions.

Agriculture, food and retail will be top priorities for the Sino-Russian vehicle, which will also target mining and infrastructure investments.

The fund, which has raised NZ$32m to date, will target agtech, agribusiness and food, but not farmland, according to Oriens Capital chief executive James Beale.

Following this month’s Carlton Hill station deal, the two companies are looking at further feedlotting and finishing beef investments in the region.

Apollo Global Management is the latest firm to be penalised by the SEC for charging ‘accelerated’ monitoring fees.

The TIAA operating division has launched an online alternative investment platform together with Altivest.

The funding will help expand sales of its healthier frozen poultry meals to large retailers, including Target and Kroger.

An improved economic outlook for Brazil promises stability for investors, says Aqua Capital's Sebastian Popik.

DOB Equity, backed exclusively by the de Rijcke family, has acquired a minority stake in Twiga Foods, its ninth investment.