FIA managing director MaryKate Bullen says there has been a broadening of investor appreciation and understanding of the intrinsic value and climate benefits that working forests provide.
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.
The Canadian fund will merge Montague with its existing subsidiary Pomona Valley, which is managed by its Australian agriculture arm AustOn.
A large-scale portfolio previously belonging to the Hui family adds weight to New Forests’ recently established agriculture division.
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Agriculture has added a NSW dairy asset to its portfolio after recent acquisitions from Packhorse Pastoral Company.
Gunn Agri Partners’ Wilga Farming platform, backed by CDPQ and the CEFC, has also made its first two investments since launching with a seed asset in June 2023.
New Forests will sell forestry estates in New Zealand with potential for carbon markets investors, as ANZFF2 approaches the end of its life.
Warakirri Asset Management has purchased the seventh and eighth assets for its Diversified Agriculture Fund in a A$22m sale-and-leaseback deal.
Butterfly co-founder Dustin Beck says some US pensions see growing corners of the food market as an opportunity to balance exposure to early-stage technology investments.
Capital was deployed from the firm’s Diversified Agriculture Fund for the farm, which represents the firm’s first poultry investment in Queensland.