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Government support is unlikely to disappear after September 30, but investors should consider how deeply it is embedded in farm profitability and asset values.

He succeeds managing director for Australia and New Zealand David Shelton as the firm targets $750m for a global strategy.

Fund II is nearing its €80m fundraising target having now raised at least €70m from LPs such as Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company and Valio Pension Fund.

The pension’s farmland portfolio has underperformed against the NCREIF farmland index over the past seven years.

The vehicle has been backed by Border to Coast, Islington Pension Fund and East Riding Pension Fund.

The fund aims to capitalize on surging investor interest in infra CVs and strong tailwinds in the aquaculture market to support the global expansion of wellboat company Sølvtrans.

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility will not back any individual forest projects, nor will it seek to generate carbon or biodiversity credits – it aims to achieve a ‘paradigm shift’ through a diversified investment portfolio.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s former head of natural capital Heechung Sung looks back on her time in the role – and points to what may come next.

Capital will be provided as a loan and not a grant, reflecting ‘the UK’s new approach to climate finance’.

LPs committing to the new ocean-focused fund include Finnish family owned investment company Aboa Advest, US multifamily office Adamo Capital and Swiss investment holding company ARGOng Investment AG.