Real Assets

New Agriculture will manage the farmland associated with KMC but not the processing facility itself, building on AIMCo’s previous deals in the region.

Africa-focused Helios Investment Partners has raised around $200m for the fund, which will invest in ‘climate-smart agriculture and food’, among other sectors.

The firm has a goal of increasing the size of the 2021-vintage to $1bn but says it is not in a rush to reach the target.

Argyle Group will become a pure-play water rights investment manager under the Regal banner, sitting alongside Kitler Rural and Merricks Capital.

As some other private markets have recorded surprising figures to varying degrees, agri-food and forestry appears to have slipped back into its happy medium.

The MD of Laguna Bay likened a land tax on foreign investors in Queensland to ‘kicking own goals’ and said it had ruled them out of further investment in the state’s farmland.

QIC will look to raise and deploy funds for its first natural capital vehicle over a longer time horizon than originally planned, after senior leaders departed earlier in 2024.

The sale of One Tree for upwards of A$250m would mark another step towards the complete divestment of Proterra’s second Global Agriculture Fund.

Farmland LP’s Craig Wichner says lower prices, water regulation and debt exposure discouraged institutional participation in the auction of almond assets managed by Trinitas Farming before its bankruptcy.

BTG’s Mark Wishnie says an expectation that the private sector will be made responsible for its carbon emissions is driving action in voluntary carbon markets.