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We reveal the winners of Agri Investor’s Global Awards; take a look inside Aqua Capital’s $450 million close; a new report backs the importance of Australia’s carbon market; McKinsey finds limited take-up of ag sustainability practices ag, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.
We celebrate the managers, investors and innovators who won awards across 38 categories in our third annual Agri Investor Global Awards.
Paine Schwartz Partners wins the award for Global Fund Manager of the Year as CDPQ takes home the Institutional Investor of the Year award for the first time.
France’s Mirova wins the European Fund Manager of the Year Award as Bpifrance takes home Institutional Investor of the Year.
The asset class is seeing increasing focus on sustainability, say industry experts
Paine Schwartz Partners adds another five wins to its haul from the Global category to walk away with an unprecedented 10 wins.
Gautier Quéru, managing director of natural capital at Mirova, outlines the way blended finance can provide solutions
Inside: Discover the winners of this year’s Agri Investor Awards – are you among them?; Plus expert comment from Mirova, Manulife Investment Management, Paine Schwartz and Astarte Capital Partners
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan continues the tradition of Canadian LPs doing well in the Asia-Pacific category, as New Forests is named the region’s Fund Manager of the Year
Reducing waste for post-harvest produce presents a big opportunity for sustainability-focused investors, says Paine Schwartz’s CEO Kevin Schwartz