Daniel Kemp

Manulife Investment Management’s agreement with the Indonesia Investment Authority will focus on real estate investments initially, to support the country’s logistics sector.

The deal to delist Costa Group now only requires the formality of Foreign Investment Review Board approval to complete, with the firm set to become a private company again after listing in 2015.

Former AACo CEO Hugh Killen will lead the firm in Australia as founder Bert Glover shifts internally to oversee growth in the US.

Following protests over ag-related environmental policies in Australia, Spain, France and the Netherlands in recent years, German farmers came onto the streets this month in a reminder of how quickly political decisions can raise the ire of farmers.

New Forests’ second Tropical Asia Forest Fund has ended up raising less capital than its predecessor, which closed on $170m in 2012.

Rabobank’s latest half-yearly outlook for global aquaculture shows that salmon producers have much to look forward to, while the outlook for shrimp farmers is more challenging.

Data from Rural Bank, ANREV and Savills all pointed to farmland values growing less quickly in 2023, with interest rates and high inflation the main culprits.

Ardian and Morrison & Co, two infrastructure fund managers, revealed nature-based investment strategies in 2023 that they say fit neatly within their infrastructure strategies – a trend that looks set to continue.

The agreement could see Nikko Asset Management take an equity stake in Tikehau, as well as establish a JV focused on Asian private markets investments.

Income growth remained negative for only the second time since the 2015 inception of the Australian Farmland Index, as lower commodity prices and climatic changes have an impact.