Chris Janiec
Consultant advised the $17bn pension to make no new row crop or timber investments for the foreseeable future, suggesting a focus on opportunities created by 'potential distress'.
Anton Pil says timberland’s unique natural growth and strength as an inflation hedge drove the acquisition of Campbell Global, and the bank is now well positioned to play a role in carbon offset markets as they develop.
CDPQ's sustainable land management team head Nicolas Leyssieux says Westervelt Ecological Services has potential to become a leader in the industry.
After the bank signed an MOU to advise on Ukraine’s reconstruction, alternatives chief Anton Pil tells us the country wants to become an attractive destination for private capital.
Rick Bodio’s hire is part of an effort to expand the historically farmland-focused firm’s small presence in agribusiness, aided by GSO Capital Partners co-founder Bennett Goodman.
Investment officer Pushpam Jain says the pension’s exposure to commodities alerted it to opportunities in farmland markets it had tracked since 2018, which ultimately led to more than $500m in TIAA secondaries deals.
Criterion Africa Partners managing director George McPherson says investors are mispricing the risks associated with Africa's potential for agricultural development.
Head of sustainable food private equity Rik Vyverman says recent years have seen LPs develop a greater understanding of the role they can play in meeting large societal challenges like climate change.
A mandated review of renewable fuels support in the US may well prompt 'food vs fuel' questions as the ongoing Ukraine war leads to fears of widespread malnutrition in the developing world.
The pension had also acquired secondaries stakes in two separate farmland funds now managed by Nuveen at the end of 2021, which were worth a combined $456m.