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‘LPs could have natural capital buckets in five years,’ says International Woodland Company CIO Céline Claudon; Campbell Global picks up 40,000-acre forestry asset; Toesca AM and Astarte launch $350m regenerative ag fund; seafood giants flounder on traceability commitments; deals round-up and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.
We take a look at farmland buy-and-lease done differently in part three of our Deep Dive; NZ Super Fund wants to double in size every decade; Roc Partners is to continue pre-marketing of Food Fund II into 2025; UN climate funds fail to reach grassroots farming worldwide, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.
Farmland buy-and-lease meets infrastructure in the second part of our Deep Dive; BNPP AM hits $130 million first close for debut forestry fund; BTG Pactual raises $500 million for $1 billion forestry vehicle; Area One Farms reaches C$127 million first close on Fund V; Gresham House appoints global director of natural capital, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.
Field Notes: IFC seeks partners to double its annual agribusiness investment; weighing the impact...
IFC seeks partners to double its annual agribusiness investment; weighing the impact of a Trade War II; Agri Investor Awards nominations window closes on Friday; Ceres Partners makes two hires as it pushes into US water investment; and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.
Aviva Investors launches Carbon Removal Fund; Craigmore Sustainables forestry funds hits NZ$100 million; Agri Investor Global Awards close for entries in two weeks; Foreign investment in Australian ag and forestry investment falls from A$8.5 billion to A$5.3 billion; Pollination and Howden examine the role of insurance in nature finance, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.
Fiera Comox lays out the roadmap to deal execution with Indigenous groups; Agri Investor Global Awards 2024 open for submissions; how Farmland Partners’ $289m portfolio sale to Farmland Reserve materialized; Forestry-Linked Securities looks to exit its portfolio via securitization; NZ Super Fund appoints co-CIOs, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.
Macdoch eyes growth agtech VC funds; El Salvador completes $1 billion DFN swap for the Lempa River; Australian farmland values rise as transaction volumes fall; Earth’s water systems are in danger says Global Commission on the Economics of Water; New Zealand is set to relax its overseas investment policy, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.
Butterfly Equity eyes co-investors to take Duckhorn to 'the next level' following $1.95 billion deal; Conservation Resources hits $80 million first close on its Forest Fund VII; England’s natural capital classified as being in high or medium risk; Rabobank warns of the need to stimulate pistachio demand ahead of massive supply, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only.
The AFF 20 reveals the biggest agri-food and forestry fund managers; BTG’s LatAm reforestation strategy takes a $55m commitment; Britain’s Crown Estate acquires a 2,552-acre rural asset; Mombak sells 50,000 carbon credits to Google; ING’s five lessons for adapting farming to climate change, and more. Here's your start-the-week brief for valued subscribers only from the Agri Investor editors.
CDPQ acquires Chinook Forest Partners; BTG’s Reforestation Fund sells 1.3m carbon credits to tech giant Meta; Australian farmland returns hit new low in Q2; Leaps by Bayer releases Ag Playbook for start-ups; Climate Asset Management appoints new non-executive chair, and more. Here's your start-the-week brief for valued subscribers only from the Agri Investor editors.