Emerging Markets

The Eastern Europe-focused fund management firm will not charge a management fee until assets under management reach $5m. The performance fee has also been reduced.

The Colombian forestry asset manager has raised $24m in equity from a $70m equity raise target; the remainder will be raised through debt.

Caribbean Sustainable Agriculture is targeting a $10m close by the end of July in an offering that promises investors to return 8% after four years.

Cibus Farmland Club wants to raise between €50 million and €100 million over the next two years and will supervise the improvement of leased-out land in the country.

The average yearly growth in agricultural GDP in India in the last decade was 4.0%, a new report says.

A recent World Bank report concluded that agribusinesses with a positive impact on local communities performed better than those without.

The agencies hope that providing such insurance facilities will encourage private equity investment into emerging agriculture markets such as Africa.

The Agriculture Fast Track Fund has invested nearly $2m into four agribusinesses in the two countries across the sugar, poultry, horticulture and milk sectors.

Torsten Böhler, managing director of investment banking firm Abacus Emerging Markets, reveals why it has chosen agribusiness as a sector of focus.

The US private equity firm has invested $200m into Ethiopia's Afriflora, an Ethiopian-based grower and distributor of sustainably grown roses.