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The private equity group has bought a majority stake in Palacios Alimentacion from venture capital firms ProA Capital and Talde, and private markets giant Partners Group.
The fund of funds house was awarded mandates by two European institutions and hopes to have $250m in agri-dedicated AUM by end of 2015.
Conterra Asset Management entered into a joint venture with Farmer Mac to provide fee appraisal services for farmland owners and is targeting a $100m first close of its agribusiness PE fund later this year.
Lazard, the US financial advisory and asset management firm, has hired Alberto Weisser as senior advisor for global agribusiness and related sectors in its financial advisory department.
New laws and regulations emanating from Brussels over the past few years have had mixed effects on the private equity and venture capital industry, writes law firm King & Wood Mallesons in its latest Private Equity Comment.
The $155m Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners LP has made its first investment into a cage-free chicken egg producer, Iowa Cage-Free.
Concern over the impact of CPPIB’s farmland investments is stirring debate – and prompting regulatory review – in Canada.
Troy Setter, chief executive of Consolidated Pastoral Company, the Australian beef producer majority-owned by Terra Firma, talks to Agri Investor about the recent Bunda Station acquisition and the firm's acquisition strategy.
Agricultural cooperatives are craving capital amid growing global competition and the need to strengthen supply chains, according to a recent research report released by Rabobank New Zealand.
For those with a hearty appetite for risk, the rewards of investing in African agri can be enormous, says consultant Emma Cowan of Cardy-Brown. But be careful where you tread and with whom.