Humanity needs to produce more food on less land, according to the impact-focused fund manager.
The Australian farmland index last posted a positive annualized return in Q3 2023.
The investments amount to a 3.5x increase in the value of the pension’s forestry portfolio, which has been in place since at least 2017.
A trio of billion-dollar-plus fund closes propelled H1 totals to $7.9bn – matching 2024’s high and showing investor demand for climate-aligned strategies.
The half-year take by closed-end agrifood and forestry funds matches H1 2024 – the highest raised at the mid-year point since 2019.
SLM Partners’ white paper says continuous cover forestry can also boost the internal rate of return.
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Rural Bank’s first-half analysis of Australian farmland shows values continue to rise but at a slower pace than the highs of the last four years.
The AFF20 reveals firms had to have raised at least $845m between 2019-23 to be among the top 20 capital raisers in food, forestry and natural capital.
The AFF 20 is Agri Investor’s inaugural ranking of the biggest fund managers by capital raised between January 2019 and December 2023.