The alternatives fund of funds giant has launched a real assets separate account business on the back of demand from clients for increasing exposure to the sub-sectors within real assets.
The Swiss investment management firm is hiring to handle a mandate from the $5 billion Angola sovereign wealth fund, which includes timber and agriculture.
The VC-backed agtech firm has hired Thomas O’Neil as chief financial officer.
The alternatives fund management firm has hired Koome Imathiu to invest across agri-related logistics and bio-energy as well as other renewable energy and resource efficiency assets.
Lazard, the US financial advisory and asset management firm, has hired Alberto Weisser as senior advisor for global agribusiness and related sectors in its financial advisory department.
The timberland investment manager has hired Rob van Rossen as director of acquisitions, Australasia, and Mauricio Penteado as head of Latin America.
The real estate investment trust has hired Mark Bice from global timberland manager BTG Pactual Timberland to focus on acquisitions in southern US.
HNRG, the institutional investment management arm of Manulife, has promoted Bill Peressini from chief financial officer.
The pension fund has hired Paul Mouchakkaa from Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing to lead its $29.bn real assets portfolio.
The global agri fund manager has hired Shankar Athreya as head of farmland investments.