The Canadian fund management firm expects to bring in up to C$500m by year end for an open-ended fund understood to follow an agricultural investing strategy modeled on that of PSP Investments.
Real Asset Portfolio Management, which has advised institutions on more than $1bn in agri investments, says farmland beat all other asset classes over the last 35 years by posting returns of 11.6%.
Livestock producers were among those who benefitted from the uplift, with cattle prices rising nearly 40% in the year to March.
Houston-based EIV Capital’s $47m investment in AMP Americas will support plans to expand production of biogas using dairy waste as a feedstock.
Regulatory filings suggest the tie-up, focused on family-owned processing businesses, has raised nearly half of its $600m target.
Albourne America replaced Aon Hewitt to oversee the $30bn retirement system’s investments in alternatives, including real assets.
Pair chosen to operate South Australia’s services for the next 40 years – the second such deal in the country, after a Hastings-led team won a New South Wales bid in March.
Poor food safety standards and breakneck growth at Chinese mega-farms could impact companies’ bottom lines and cause reputational damage, an investor group warns.
The farmland REIT paid nearly $10m for the property, which is to be operated under a six-year lease to an Ohio-headquartered cabbage grower.
Analitus will compliment Global ID’s existing presence in the South American nation, where food safety has become a prominent national issue.