TIAA-CREF

Wall Street investors buying up farmland
- DesMoines Register
- 15 September 2015
Investors have turned to farmland as part of a sweeping push into physical assets — everything from lumber, hotels and apartments to parking meters, bridges and highways.
Private equity plows into new territory with move to agribusiness
- Pensions & Investments
- 07 September 2015
Private equity and venture capital firms are going down to the farm, moving into the agribusiness and agriculture technology sectors in a big way.
TIAA-CREF Global Agri II holds final close
- Agri Investor
- 04 August 2015
TIAA-CREF has closed its second global agriculture fund, TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture II, on $3 billion, exceeding its $2.5 billion target. The fund had raised $1.7 billion by mid-June.
AP2, EAPF back $3bn TIAA-CREF global agriculture fund
- IPE
- 04 August 2015
Sweden’s AP2 and UK local authority funds are among the backers of a new $3bn global agriculture fund.
TIAA-CREF unveils $3 billion global ag investment vehicle
- Global Ag Investing
- 04 August 2015
New TIAA-CREF fund will invest in “high quality farmland assets” across North America, South America, Australia and parts of Europe with a focus on major grain exporting regions.
Farmland investments take root
- Dow Jones Business News
- 04 August 2015
TIAA-CREF is expected to announce Tuesday that it has raised $3 billion for its second global farmland-investment partnership, exceeding its initial target of $2.5 billion.
Super farm sell-off predicted
- Financial Review
- 20 April 2015
Giant US investment fund TIAA-CREF expects Australia's ageing farmers and a lack of sons and daughters willing to inherit their farms will lead to large numbers of properties hitting the market over the coming decade.
Does Australia's farm sector need foreign investment?
- BBC
- 01 Mar 2015
Foreign investors own 10% of Australia's agricultural land. But that could soon rise thanks to two huge projects being developed in Northern Territory's Top End with the help of foreign investors.
New Mexico Investment Council makes first major agriculture move
- IP & Real Estate
- 27 February 2015
The US sovereign wealth fund has approved a $200m allocation to TIAA-CREF’s Global Agriculture II fund, its first major commitment to the sector.
Invasion of the hedge fund almonds
- Mother Jones
- 12 January 2015
It takes a gallon of water to produce one almond. And that's not the most insane fact about the mad dash to plant the thirsty trees in the middle of a catastrophic drought in California.
Westchester Group appoints Martin Davies to lead farmland investing programme in Europe
- propertyfundsworld
- 09 October 2014
Davies will be responsible for managing the European platform for Westchester, a TIAA-CREF majority-owned global agricultural asset manager, as well as building the firm’s direct farmland investment business in Europe.
Tierras de labor transnacionales
- El Pais
- 05 October 2014
Gobiernos y empresas han acaparado en los países en desarrollo un área mayor que México