Daniel Kemp
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed A$30m to Wyuna’s first fund, alongside property firm the Goodman Group.
New Forests has made its first foray into Africa with the acquisition of Green Resources through its African Forestry Investment Platform.
The sixth Agri Investor Australia Forum, held in Melbourne this month, covered topics as diverse as natural capital, carbon markets, family office strategies and water.
The Agri Investor Australia Forum, held last week, saw constant discussion of natural capital’s potential – but the term was less familiar to international investors.
New Harvest, chaired by industry veteran Don Mackay, is aiming to hold a first close of A$150m before the end of 2022.
Roc Partners’ Longriver Farms has sold grain storage and handling business Emerald Grain less than two years after acquiring it from Sumitomo Corporation.
New Agriculture’s Bruce King and New Forests’ Mark Rogers discuss the new division’s strategy, what investors want from the asset class, and the potential blend of farmland and forestry into a single investment product.
Laguna Bay Fund 2 has raised all its capital to date from Washington State Investment Board and is targeting A$750m in total.
Capital growth of Australian farmland fell to 3.7% in Q2 2022, with permanent farmland seeing asset values fall on an annualized basis.
Agri Investor held its first ever conference in Japan as local LPs and global asset managers gathered to discuss the benefits of adding farmland and timberland to investment portfolios in a volatile investment environment.