China’s new global safeguard on beef imports will override the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement, but investors say export flexibility and diversification should protect producers.
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The full-year figures show agri-food and forestry fundraising registered its second-highest haul in the past five years.
Micah Vincent joined the Indiana-headquartered permanent capital vehicle in 2024 after previous policy and finance experience with the state of Indiana.
As governments confront rising diet-related illnesses, regenerative ag offers a way to reduce long-term health costs while restoring ecosystems, say Pelican Ag co-founders Simon Evill and Christopher Ramsay.
The multi-asset class allocator will launch a real asset debt search and scale its alternatives platform this year.
England appeared to have built Europe’s most credible biodiversity market by hard-wiring demand into law – that’s no longer the case.
Private capital is waking up to the opportunities presented by nature-based solutions and biodiversity.
The Australia and New Zealand-focused private equity firm expands its exposure to food and agriculture with the acquisition of a majority stake in meat producer BE Campbell.
The Helsinki-headquartered timberland manager sold assets located in Latvia and Lithuania to Inter Ikea Group in early December.