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The former Nuveen affiliate is targeting $250m for its fourth agribusiness fund.

The head of natural capital at Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation says the process followed for the Tasmanian asset was the same as for CEFC’s other partnerships with foreign investors.

Politicians and farming advocacy groups have slammed the acquisition of Rushy Lagoon by Gresham House, Aviva Investors, and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, but Gresham House’s CIO says the criticism is unwarranted.

Cory Steffek says Sedron’s fertilizer and wastewater infrastructure businesses could attract different groups of buyers, with an IPO among the potential exit routes.

Weight-loss drugs are changing eating habits in wealthy economies, say reports. But with population growth, rising emerging-market incomes and finite arable land, agriculture’s investment case is shifting – rather than shrinking – toward productivity and quality.

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.

The firm intends to return to market with the second fund in its regenerative agriculture series in 2026.

The firm could invest up to €100m in the platform and intends to plant strategic permanent crops to enhance income streams and ecosystem services.

Goldman Sachs Asset Management is taking the lead on a CV to move the ice-cream maker out of an existing CV, sources say.

The European investment firm is after a double scoop on ice cream maker Froneri, having completed a concentrated multi-asset deal on the asset in 2019.