Real Assets

The UK health charity has agreed to buy the cooperative's farming business for £249m ($420m; €314m).

The private banking arm of BofA Merrill Lynch has a growing farm and ranchland investment business, currently with $1.1bn in AUM.

Ascent Africa has raised $50m towards the $70m target of its debut 'Rift Valley' fund, which will invest a large portion of its capital in agri-related processing companies.

The fund management firm has added a real assets fund of funds to its listed equity offering in response to demand from existing clients and has hired real assets manager Capital Innovations as sub-advisor.

Interest in forestry investing has grown over the past five years, according to a range of forestry companies and consultants, although investor attention remains temperate.

The development finance institution has joined Dutch development bank FMO and GAFSP to invest $15m collectively into Malawi Mangoes.

The final close surpassed the African investment management firm's original target of $500m after the fund attracted demand from 40 investors.

Chinese dairy producer Huaxia Dairy Farm has received $106m from a consortium of investors in a fundraising round led by GIC and Olympus Capital Asia.

Gina Rinehart, chairwoman and director of Hancock Prospecting, has acquired a 50 percent stake in two meat processing stations in Western Australia.