Real Assets

The Boston-headquartered firm has acquired four properties in the Murray Valley region of New South Wales from New Forests, including two projects registered under Australia’s Carbon Credit Unit Program.

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.

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.

The Massachusetts-based public pension has issued a request for proposals.

The firm launched its first dedicated timberland strategy in 2024 following a majority-sake acquisition in International Woodland Company in 2022.

Ecosystem Investment Partners has scored an early milestone in a complex California deal that shows how GPs are capturing the growing natural capital opportunity set.

Timberland’s growing appeal among institutional investors is encouraging an active style of land management that more directly shapes the public’s interaction with forests.

Managing partner Craig Wichner says the collaboration is likely to be the beginning of a longer-term relationship with the family-owned apple grower

The vehicle will make investments in areas such as afforestation and sustainable land use in Asia, Latin America and Africa.