Major asset managers, cowed by the cost, the risk and the controversy involved in investing in farmland, are joining forces to increase investment in the historically under-capitalised sector.
As PrimeAg Australia's $125 million sale of rural properties to US fund manager TIAA-CREF goes through, the question now being raised by investors is what will happen to the residual portfolio.
- The Land
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18 February 2013
PrimeAg Australia has agreed to sell 60 per cent of its land and water portfolio to US financial services organisation TIAA-CREF for up to $126 million.
- The Australian
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15 February 2013
L’UPA insiste sur la nécessité du gouvernement de « bouger dans le dossier » de l’accaparement des terres par les spéculateurs. « Sinon, les terres agricoles vont devenir la propriété de ces fonds-là », ce qui tirera vers le haut le prix des produits agricoles et alimentaires
- Le Devoir
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23 January 2013
Retirement fund and financial services firm TIAA-CREF is helping to meet the growing institutional demand for sustainably managed farmland, which can deliver stable returns above inflation.
- Institutional Investor
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24 December 2012
A Swedish pension fund has become the latest of a series of purchasers of Australian farmland, a buying spree which has fuelled public concerns, and raised discussion over curbs on foreign ownership.
- Agrimoney
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12 December 2012
TIAA-CREF's Westchester group buys 17,200 ha Cobran Station, once Australia's largest rice farm, while Sweden's Forsta AP-fonden buys the 16,000 ha Merri Meric farm near Henty.
- The Australian
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10 December 2012
A new report by PRI offers some really useful information for investors interested in accessing farmland opportunities, with five case studies of funds making farmland investments.
- Institutional Investor
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08 November 2012
La série de conférences Global AgInvesting, leader dans son secteur, arrive à Londres pour parler d'investissements responsables dans l'agriculture mondiale
- PR Newswire
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06 November 2012
A slide show by GRAIN that profiles some of those who have been most actively pursuing or supporting farmland grabs around the world.
MetLife Inc, the largest US life insurer, started a business to make agricultural loans in Brazil as insurers expand in developing markets and seek investments to boost income with interest rates near record lows.
- Bloomberg
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16 October 2012
From the World Bank to pension funds, efforts are under way to regulate land grabs through the creation of codes and standards. Rather than help financial and corporate elites to "responsibly invest" in farmland, we need them to stop and divest.