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The US private equity firm has sold its remaining stake in the Chinese dairy company, raising about $80 million on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
If mergers and acquisitions volumes are anything to go by, agribusiness investing is increasingly on the minds of corporates and private equity professionals worldwide.
Injaro Agricultural Capital Holdings, an impact investment fund, held a final close last week after attracting commitments from DFIs, family offices and foundations.
The listed US farmland real estate investment trust issued $21 million in debt last week to fund the further expansion of its portfolio.
The DFI recently established a Mediterranean and North African focus and is set to approve four new deals in the coming weeks.
The Swedish pension fund is considering committing more to Southern Pastures ahead of the fund’s planned final close in December.
Corporate and institutional venture investment into the water sector rose during the first half of 2014, according to i3, an online platform providing intelligence on innovation.
Farmland Partners, the listed US farmland investment firm, has hired Wade Harrison as farm manager to be based in Tennessee.
The private equity firm is again backing agribusiness in China with a view to improving food safety, having purchased a stake in Fujian Sunner, a vertically integrated chicken meat producer.
The Macquarie/MD Sass JV will target $750m for its third agri debt fund and is also plotting its first pure private equity fund.