Institutional Investors

The farmland and timberland investor will pursue its strategy of repositioning undervalued assets through organic and regenerative conversion, operational efficiency and decarbonization.

Max Nightingale developed US and Australian investments for International Farming Corporation before joining the then TPG affiliate in 2020.

When high-net-worth individuals invest in the asset class, ‘the tax advantages actually turn it into something in the double digits from a return perspective,’ says CIO Tom Bratkovich.

Managing director John McKenna says LPs are waking up to the fact ‘40% of the world’s biodiversity is in Latin America’ and are allocating accordingly.

New Zealand investment manager MyFarm aims to acquire more kiwifruit orchards and increase its holding in grower-owned marketer Zespri in a move that could make it the company’s largest shareholder.

Silva Capital has broken ground on the first project registered under Australia’s biodiversity market but questions remain over how the demand for biodiversity certificates will develop.

With Nuveen, Proterra, Manulife and WisdomTree working to expand access, the interplay between public and private strategies is setting the future direction of the asset class.

Cibus Carbon aims to deliver 11.25m Australian Carbon Credit Units, tapping into a growing demand from corporates required to comply with Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism.

The pension is rebalancing its real assets portfolio and will increase its weighting to non-core real estate and infrastructure in search of higher returns.

The plans call for Nuveen Farmland REIT to acquire one or more initial assets from a TIAA subsidiary before an affiliate of Nuveen will subsequently make a $25m investment into the vehicle.