Real Assets

A group of investors debated the merits of considering nature-based solutions as part of an infrastructure portfolio, arguing that stable long-term offtake backed by real assets could make it a close fit.

As the asset class has grown and evolved, the number of closed-end buy-and-lease strategies has dramatically declined – why?

The vehicle has received a cornerstone investment from the European Investment Fund.

New Forests has appointed Michelle Elliot to the newly-created role, alongside Sanjiv Louis who as joined as director, investments Asia.

The ABARES annual conference was abuzz with talk of better trade relations and water markets trading, but don’t mention EU-style farm subsidies to Australian policy makers.

Munich Re Group's asset manager also closed a forestry deal in the US south for a ‘low triple-digit’ sum in February.

The firm has invested more than €2bn in timberland for Munich Re Group since 2009 and has built up a 400,000ha portfolio.

The funds will be used on a project to build semi-permanent canal blocks through the peat swamp forest that will raise the water table and restore degraded land, New Forests said.

An agreement between UK-based Drax and Molpus Woodlands Group shows how plans to build bioenergy with carbon capture (BECCs) projects could create new pulpwood demand in the years ahead.

Chief executive Alex Finkral says the firm’s Sumitomo-backed debut fund takes a broad approach to generating returns but neglecting carbon would mean 'you are probably doing your investors a disservice'.