One of the first regulated biodiversity markets is up and running. Here’s how it works for fund managers, investors and landowners who want an additional source of income.
The strategy took an additional $800m in separate account mandates to bring the figure for total capital raised to $2.3bn.
China was the main recipient of the US president’s punitive measures during his first administration – this time a host of key agricultural exporters are also in the firing line.
The €250m CV for biogas company Grupo Gestcompost is the largest transaction of its kind for Barcelona-headquartered Suma Capital.
Verdi Capital’s open-end agriculture fund grows to $25 million; roughly 10 percent of European institutional LPs considering natural capital allocation. Plus: Oaktree and Apollo back Hearthside’s restructuring; Criterion Africa Partners elevates Heyes to partner; and more. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.
Jim Heyes says the new role will see him taking on some responsibility for setting strategy and overseeing operations at the Bethesda, Maryland-headquartered African forestry manager.
The evergreen vehicle has amassed a portfolio of 7,800ha of farmland and four biogas plants in the Czech Republic.
Placement agent Reach Capital co-founder William Barrett says the biggest increase in interest has come from the UK, where 'more than 30 LPs are considering it or have launched it or have exposure to it.'
The more conservative USDA called for in the Heritage Foundation policy paper could upend many real asset and natural capital strategies.
The asset will be managed by EFM, which also organized the sale of 676,000 carbon credits to Meta as part of the deal’s structuring.