Timberland

The US may have an outsized influence on investment trends in the year ahead as Donald Trump casts his shadow over global conflicts, trade and climate issues.

Incoming NZ Super Fund joint chief investment officer Will Goodwin talks with Agri Investor about the future of New Zealand’s sovereign wealth fund, its plans to transform farmland, and the fund’s total portfolio approach.

COP29 has finally kick-started Article 6 of the Paris Agreement to establish transparent carbon markets, but critics warn unresolved flaws may undermine emissions reduction efforts.

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.

Categorization, commodity risk and accessing scale are among the issues Australian superannuation funds cite when it comes to investing in agriculture – but foreign pension funds do not appear to have the same misgivings.

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

Forestry-Linked Securities wants to shake things up with a different approach to exiting its forestry portfolio with an asset securitization.

Successive governments have made alterations to New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Act, creating a complicated regime for investors to navigate.

The AFF20 reveals firms had to have raised at least $845m between 2019-23 to be among the top 20 capital raisers in food, forestry and natural capital.

Chief sustainability officer Mark Wishnie says concessionary capital is critical to delivering scale and impact from BTG Pactual’s Latin American reforestation strategy.