Institutional Investors

Dennis Dart will serve in what is a new role for the firm as chief operating officer as the Seattle-headquartered TIMO is planning expansion into the US South.

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has seen a leadership shuffle as CEO Ian Learmonth prepares to step down in September.

Setter vice-president Karsten Beveridge says long-lived assets and the relatively small pool of capital dedicated help make CVs a likely driver of future timber and ag secondaries growth.

Gary Greene, infrastructure investment manager, is serving as acting general manager for unlisted assets while a replacement is sought.

Pressure on timber revenues is widening the gap between buyer and seller expectations while increasing the importance of alternative land uses.

Executive vice-president Charlie Pringle says markets in Japan, Korea and China helped motivate a push to raise exposure to the region within its $1.2bn evergreen fund to as high as 30%.

The firm has been building up to its first agricultural private credit strategy with a 15% allocation in its Fund IV and a $300m debt partnership with Barings.

Australia’s government-backed climate investor says every A$1 it invested in 2025-26 generated A$3.4 from co-investors.

Columbia Threadneedle’s debut deal shows how nature could enter institutional portfolios without the need for dedicated allocations.

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.