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Chris Janiec

Chris Janiec is Americas Editor at Agri Investor. Based in New York, Janiec coordinates coverage of private investment into global food and agriculture with colleagues in London. Previously, Janiec covered non-bank capital markets for PEI’s Private Debt Investor, taught international relations and US foreign policy at China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing and worked as an analyst of petroleum and shipping markets in New York.
Skye Macpherson left the New York headquartered asset manager earlier this year and will focus on the Nuveen subsidiary’s proprietary research and analytics, developing new investment products and expanding its ESG investment process.
Elio Leoni Sceti, co-founder of lead investor The Craftory, says the investment into NotCo reflects a strategy designed to harness a 'seismic shift' in the relationship between brands and consumers over the past five years.
Ag fund managers are hoping for resolution of US-China trade tensions. The savviest will prepare for them to get better and worse.
The $706m Hancock Timberland and Farmland Fund has backed a number of acquisitions, say portfolio managers.
The deal expands Pipeline’s network of suppliers and customers as well as its distribution network for grains and oilseeds, says chief executive Eric Jackson.
Christopher Metrakos has held an energy-focused position within the C$193bn pension’s natural resources unit since 2014.
Farmland values appear the last shoe to drop amid growing financial pressure on US agricultural producers and a fluid political backdrop.
Managing partner Harrie Vollaard says rather than establish offices in innovation hubs, Rabobank will partner with funds already active in seed and Series A stage companies in key fintech and agtech markets.
Stafford made its first farm acquisitions in the country in December, using a separate account, head of agriculture and food Jos Boeren told us.
Managing director Brent Burnett says branching out into 'farm-to-market' infrastructure has proved attractive for managers of both agriculture and infrastructure-focused funds.
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