TIAA-CREF

Who's behind the land grabs?
- GRAIN
- 16 October 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 bets on Brazil farms as bond yields hurt results
- Bloomberg
- 16 October 2012
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.
Responsible farmland investing? Current efforts to regulate land grabs will make things worse
- GRAIN
- 22 August 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.
Responsible farmland investing? Current efforts to regulate land grabs will make things worse
- GRAIN
- 22 August 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.
Big pension funds plough money into farmland
- Reuters
- 27 June 2012
At an agriculture investment summit in London on Wednesday, leading U.S. and European pensions funds said few assets remained immune from whipsawing markets, prompting institutions to look at farmland.
PrimeAg lands $37m farm sale
- The Land
- 29 May 2012
The agricultural arm of the $US487 billion Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association has snapped up six farming properties from listed company PrimeAg Australia in a deal worth $36.7 million.
Did TIAA-CREF just launch the future of institutional investment?
- Institutional Investor
- 23 May 2012
A pension fund(!) has seeded(!) a new company (i.e., not a fund!) that will invest its own assets as well as those of peers(!) in actual farms(!) in the developed and developing world!
Is your retirement fund a land-grabber?
- IATP
- 17 May 2012
The Financial Times reported this week that TIAA-CREF is developing a new “investment vehicle” that will bet the retirement funds of millions of American on the rising price of farmland around the world.
Commitments to AP2 agriculture venture boosts assets to $2bn
- IPE
- 15 May 2012
Sweden's SEK216bn (€24bn) buffer fund AP2 and TIAA-CREF have increased commitments to an agricultural property company launched last year to $2bn (€1.6bn), attracting interest from several Canadian investors.
TIAA-CREF forms global farmland investing company
- Reuters
- 14 May 2012
Financial services group TIAA-CREF said it is partnering with Canadian and European money managers to form a $2 billion global farmland investing company to capitalize on the growing demand for grains and other agricultural products.
La Caisse dans les terres agricoles
- Les Affaires
- 14 May 2012
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec se lance à son tour dans la déferlante d’investissements des fonds de retraite dans les terres agricoles.
Agriculture: a challenging investment with great potential
- bfinance
- 02 April 2012
While agricultural land has the potential to provide a source of long term fixed income, the hurdles are enormous. Extreme illiquidity and sensitivity to geo-political risk mean that diversification of holdings and careful selection are key.