NZ Super is recalibrating its real assets strategy as it navigates weak timber prices in China, adds kiwifruit orchards to its agricultural portfolio and assesses opportunities in Australian cropping.
From Burger King to vertical farming and cultured meat, McWin’s portfolio spans the food value chain – and the firm is making its network pay by using its distribution channels as a testing ground for prospective investments.
Grant Leslie will draw on a varied career that has included advising USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, working with cell-based meat producers and opening a letter filled with anthrax as an intern for Tom Daschle.
New income streams – from water rights to conservation and data infrastructure – are redefining what investors see in ranchland, says Ranchland Capital’s Ed Bardowski.
Max Nightingale developed US and Australian investments for International Farming Corporation before joining the then TPG affiliate in 2020.
NatWest Cushon’s responsible investment manager Martin Logan says the ‘primary driver’ for the pension's investment in the asset class is to ‘mitigate some of the carbon price risk that our equity portfolio is exposed to.’
The £36bn British local authority pension fund is moving to expand its investments in natural capital beyond real assets, says its head of private equity and sustainable infrastructure.
The Saudi royal and entrepreneur wants the Kingdom’s standing in food export markets to replicate its position in the global oil industry.
Andrew Howell previously served on the boards of ag robotics provider Tortuga Agtech and ag-focused hardware and software provider IUNO.
Luke McCarthy says long-term plans include potential expansion from a current focus on loans of between $5m and $30m to row and permanent crop producers into larger agribusiness transactions.