Binyamin Ali

The permanent crops vehicle has received commitments from institutional LPs in Europe, North America, Australia and Chile.

The farmland and timberland investor will pursue its strategy of repositioning undervalued assets through organic and regenerative conversion, operational efficiency and decarbonization.

Climate Fund Managers’ $1.06bn final close for Climate Investor II is a win for climate finance in frontier markets. It’s also a reminder that standardization remains elusive.

The blended finance fund manager previously structured the $1.6bn Galapagos debt-for-nature swap, in which CI2 was an investor.

Barchemy is a Pennsylvania-based specialist in chocolate and confectionery ingredients for a range of industries.

Natara Global is a UK-based specialist in aroma and ingredient extracts with a global manufacturing footprint.

The pension is rebalancing its real assets portfolio and will increase its weighting to non-core real estate and infrastructure in search of higher returns.

Debt-for-nature swaps surged in 2023, but have slowed sharply since. The reason lies less with sovereign appetite than with the availability of political risk insurance.

The venture capital fund will target areas including maritime decarbonization, ocean renewable energy and green shipping infrastructure.

The firm launched its first dedicated timberland strategy in 2024 following a majority-sake acquisition in International Woodland Company in 2022.