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Mandalay Venture Partners hopes a commitment from Queensland Investment Corporation will help to attract more investors ahead of a final close.

The Canadian asset manager seeks to combine global opportunities with local partnerships as it builds a diversified portfolio, having built a large portfolio in Western Australia.

EXEO senior partner Avril Stassen says the fact abalone producers export their product and sell to a dollar market helped TerraSan act as a currency hedge within the firm’s $146m Agri-Vie Fund II.

Climate resilience technologies will play a bigger role in the CEFC-backed venture capital firm’s second fund.

The Australian rich-listed Forrest family have acquired AACo shares that put them in a position to expand their agricultural portfolio.

Income growth remained negative for only the second time since the 2015 inception of the Australian Farmland Index, as lower commodity prices and climatic changes have an impact.

A Western Australian grain farm the size of Bahrain is already attracting attention from institutional investors, real estate agents say.

With a string of big deals in Australia and elsewhere, Canadian investors continued to flex their muscles and demonstrate their commitment to the asset class in 2023.

The greenhouse gas emissions strategy invests in projects aiming to capture and destroy carbon and methane emissions in North America that are able to generate carbon credits.

A large-scale portfolio previously belonging to the Hui family adds weight to New Forests’ recently established agriculture division.