Staff Writer
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We celebrate the managers, investors and innovators who won awards across 31 categories in the inaugural Agri Investor Global Awards.
Roc Partners pipped Warakirri Asset Management to the Asia-Pacific Fund Manager of the Year award.
British fund manager Gresham House took home the fund manager of the year awards as Sweden’s AP3 won the institutional award.
BTG Pactual emerged as fund manager of the year in the combined North and South America category.
The winners of global categories such as Personality, Firm and Fundraise of the Year, as well as sectors like agtech, sustainability and innovation.
With over 35 years’ experience in agriculture, Personality of the Year Tim McGavin describes what kickstarted his passion for the industry.
Macroeconomic trends such as corporatization and climate change are driving investor appetite, with LPs now seeing agriculture as an attractive asset class of the future, says Brad Mytton, partner at Roc Partners.
Local partnerships are hugely important when identifying new assets in the natural resources space, allowing investors to better prioritize both their ESG goals and financial returns, says PSP Investments’ Marc Drouin.
Carbon-focused investors in both the timberland and agriculture markets have an increasing number of opportunities to meet both their financial and sustainability goals, say Manulife Investment Management’s Eric Cooperström and Thomas Sarno.