Senior investment manager Ryan Sullivan says demand for real asset investments will be supported by increasing attention on inflation among US institutional investors.
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IFC to train Rwanda, Tanzania smallholders
Together with other DFIs, the World Bank affiliate will provide training to farmers in the east African nations as part of an effort to strengthen connections with local and international produce markets.
IFC backs Chinese fertilizer company with $200m
The World Bank’s private sector arm will provide equity and debt as a part of an effort to encourage a shift away from inefficient, environmentally harmful agricultural fertilizers in China.
Gladstone buys California pistachio, almond farms
The REIT paid some $13.6m for four contiguous farms at a time when tree nuts stand to benefit the most from increasing global middle class consumption.
TIAA raising European farmland-focused fund
The fund is being raised by TIAA-affiliate Westchester Group and will initially focus on investments in Poland.
Water Asset Management raises $30m
The second real assets vehicle from the water-focused New York-headquartered firm has a $300m target.
Finistere Ventures adds Midwest ag vet
Former Monsanto executive David Duncan will look to forge partnerships in the Midwest and build upon his experience helping technology companies commercialize their breakthroughs.
TIAA and AGR nearly halfway to agribusiness fund target
TGAM Agribusiness Fund, which will invest debt to obtain non-controlling positions in family-owned businesses, added $9.6m in July to move it nearly halfway to its $600m target.
Nuveen adds stakeholder engagement manager
As head of sustainability and client engagement across Nuveen’s real assets portfolio, Sanaz Raczynski will seek to improve the firm’s engagement with industry peers, investors, NGOs and others.
Starbucks to support loans to Colombian coffee farmers
The Seattle-based global coffee chain is proving $2m to an Inter-American Development Bank program providing loans to female smallholder coffee farmers in the South American nation.