Real Assets

Farmland’s resilience amid inflation and high interest rates has increased the interest among Canadian institutions, says vice-president of investments Daniel Bacon.

In the first installment in our deep dive into buy-and-lease farmland strategies, we take a close look at one of the oldest open-end farmland funds in the market.

The amount of agricultural land with some level of foreign ownership fell by just 0.3% in 2023, far less than the 10% fall seen in 2022.

Justin Lott says the introduction of the Federal government as a buyer and renegotiation of existing supply cuts have brought rapid progress to the water-focused investment environment.

The Kinbeachie Aggregation could be worth more than $65m, far more than PSP paid for it five years ago.

We speak to Fiera Comox head of natural capital Jeff Zweig about what it takes to win trust and structure deals with Indigenous groups.

David Chan says changes in the macro environment have created ‘potentially a generational opportunity’ in lending to US growers struggling to find working capital.

CDPQ managing director Nicolas Leyssieux says the regional timber platform established with Oregon-headquartered Chinook Forest Partners could surpass $200m in value.

The pension has a 2% target allocation to the asset class.

The assets, known as the Alcheringa Aggregation, are located in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region and are being sold following significant upgrade work.