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The AXA Group fund of funds house has launched the Architas Diversified Real Assets Fund and is looking for direct timber opportunities.
Conversations in London this week centred on a potential shift in institutional demand and the surprise upwards tick in commodities futures.
Global Environment Fund, CDC’s forestry manager, has received interest from a number of continental and north European pension funds.
New Zealand Superannuation Fund is keen to boost its timber and agri portfolios overseas.
The review was recommended by consultant Wilshire Associates at a recent board meeting.
The Dutch animal feed producer rejected last week’s joint bid by private equity house Permira and global agribusiness Cargill. Dutch investment firm SHV is left in the running.
A lively LP panel at the Agri Investor Forum in Chicago last week presented some useful pointers for managers on fees, pitches and more.
Management expertise is the most important characteristic in real assets investing as plans to invest in timber and farmland grow, according to US institutions surveyed by Greenwich Associates and Cohen & Stears.
The agri fund management and advisory community should move on from describing the market’s macro appeal to sharing practical and educational investment advice with institutional investors, and vice versa.
AgIS Capital has invested in California Olive Ranch on behalf of a private institutional investor.