Chris Janiec
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.
The fund is being raised by TIAA-affiliate Westchester Group and will initially focus on investments in Poland.
The second real assets vehicle from the water-focused New York-headquartered firm has a $300m target.
Former Monsanto executive David Duncan will look to forge partnerships in the Midwest and build upon his experience helping technology companies commercialize their breakthroughs.
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.
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.
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.
The organizations highlighted their own efforts to enhance returns on private agricultural investments and predict a more prominent role for government-led investments in their outlook through 2026.
The global investment and advisory firm is helping select a sales manager for assets that remain within the listed timber fund after shareholders voted to wind the company down in June.
The investment seeks to capitalize on what the company sees as an 'inflection point' in both commercial and personal use of hydroponic equipment.