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Butterfly Equity fund hits $429m
Filings suggest the firm co-headed by an ex-KKR principal is continuing to raise capital for its second fund.
‘We’ve had to be flexible, because if you are not flexible, you die’
With C$400m deployed from Fiera Comox's debut vehicle, partner Bob Saul explains why the firm has shifted focus from a search for assets with existing cashflow to earlier-stage opportunities.
Idaho Land Board picks up 32k-acre Molpus timber portfolio for $42m
Deputy director David Groeschl says the Land Board has $109m remaining for in-state ag and timber purchases.
Gunn Agri Partners to use climate data to target properties for A$350m cropland fund
The Sydney-based manager is leaning on climate-change research to pick properties and is ‘confident’ returns will beat more passive strategies.
Agri Investor Forum: Managers tout market turn
Agri players are seeing significant opportunities for private farmland investors amid financial pressure on US agricultural producers.
Agri Investor Forum: Ag funds navigating shifts in LP sentiment
While the opening panel at our 2018 Forum in Chicago acknowledged such near-term headwinds facing managers as increased competition for fixed income, there was optimism for long-term growth.
New Homestead Capital farmland fund lands $25m commitment
The Rhode Island State Investment Commission has backed the San Francisco-based firm, which is targeting up to $700m for a strategy blending higher-risk greenfield developments and more stable, lower-returning properties.
Organic edge allows Pipeline Foods to buy Iowa grain elevator from ADM
Chief executive Eric Jackson says the construction of an ethanol plant nearby helped trigger a sale by ADM, which will continue to use part of the facility for conventional soybeans.
Planfarm relaunches $250m agri fund amid ‘very strong’ season for WA wheat belt
Western Australian Farm Investment Fund is targeting 13.5% IRR but has received little interest from domestic superannuation funds.
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