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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.
Recent trade tensions could shape China’s overseas agricultural acquisition drive, with Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan among likely targets, says Economic Research Service economist Fred Gale.
The program's focus is on projects to be implemented through 2022, but EIB executives tell Agri Investor the bank hopes to replicate the entire program, if successful.
Boston-headquartered AgIS highlights rising interest rates as the greatest near-term threat to agriculture in its annual market overview, of which Agri Investor was able to get a preview.
After an ag-focused stint with a foundation in London, former Bridgepoint director Robert Jenkins joins the Africa-focused firm as it continues to raise its $300m agriculture fund.
Dallas Police and Fire Pension System investment manager Ryan Wagner tells Agri Investor that an ongoing review at the $2.1bn pension includes examination of fund structures most appropriate for an agricultural investor of its size.
Suzanne Gaboury has joined a newly minted Canadian DFI after a two-and-a-half-year stint with the Dutch development bank.
Creeping acceptance and a fear of missing out could alter the balance between investor types within the nascent cannabis fundraising environment, according to executives at Salveo Capital.
European pensions are more comfortable with debt than equity when investing in the developing world, the Dutch institution's investment management chief tells us.
Farm Credit Canada chief agricultural economist J.P. Gervais tells Agri Investor that, while the overall influence of financial buyers in Canada’s farmland market is limited, there are provinces where they are having an impact.
IFAD’s representative in China and Mongolia tells Agri Investor the online payments powerhouse will provide market intelligence to help evaluate business proposals.
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