Chris Janiec
ARMB real assets investment manager Nicholas Orr stresses row crops’ limited return potential in calling for changes to the pension’s $852m farmland portfolio.
Midwest Growth Partners founding partner tells Agri Investor the fund will target midstream and consumer-facing opportunities overlooked by larger investors.
A rapid series of investments by Canadian institutions highlights the key role they are likely to play as the asset class evolves.
Latin America deal activity is 'remarkably healthy,' authors of a Finistere Ventures report tell Agri Investor.
Principals John Enlow and Eric Schwefler tell Agri Investor that Forest Resource Advisors will help institutions in a timber market characterized by compressing returns, changed LP expectations and the introduction of new fund structures.
Addition of US Irrigation to the WSIB-backed firm’s Laurel Agriculture + Water Solutions platform could be designed to bring in recurring rental revenue, says source.
Chief executive Graham Ramsbottom tells Agri Investor the Grosvenor Estate unit’s investment in Ostara reflects the firm’s focus on reducing agricultural waste and reliance on unsustainable resources.
Managing partner Sebastian Popik tells Agri Investor that intense competition in Brazil’s biologicals market inspired the firm to build their own company before buying a stake in Total Biotechnologia.
Dale Burgess, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan's head of infrastructure and natural resources, tells Agri Investor that Broetje Orchards is a natural fit for the C$194bn pension’s ag strategy.
Senior principal Tom Amis tells Agri Investor that Revol Greens, the seller in the sale/leaseback transaction, has seen a spike in demand for greenhouse-grown produce following a recent E. coli outbreak traced to California lettuce.