TIAA-CREF

Farmland is global asset for TIAA-CREF, Minaya says
- Bloomberg
- 14 February 2012
Jose Minaya of TIAA-CREF talks about growing investor interest in farmland and the role of farmland in the pension fund's investment strategy.
ETF may stand for exchange-traded farmland
- Financial Post
- 19 January 2012
Canada could soon get its first exchange-traded farmland management stock.
Hard assets - Farmland investing Perry Vieth on Bloomberg
- Bloomberg
- 12 January 2012
"The institutional investors are just starting to get into farmland," says Perry Vieth, president of Ceres Partners LLC
Latin America: The fat of the land
- IPE
- 03 January 2012
Fertile soil and good water supply – but lagging development – present a compelling opportunity for agriculture investors, finds Stephanie Schwartz-Driver
Major pension fund invests in farm land
- FT
- 10 October 2011
Roger Ferguson, chief executive of TIAA-CREF, says his firm is increasingly acquiring farmland in the US, Eastern Europe, Australia and Brazil as long term investments.
Farmland seen returning up to 12% by $469 billion fund manager
- Bloomberg
- 06 October 2011
Farmland investments may return 8 percent to 12 percent annually as global food demand increases, said the largest US pensions manager for teachers and academic researchers with $469 billion of assets.
World Agriculture Investment Overview: Expert Insights
- FC Business Intelligence
- 05 October 2011
Synthesis report from the World Agriculture Investment Conference, London, UK, 4-5 October.
Foreign investors increase ‘land grabs,’ harming poor farmers, Oxfam says
- Bloomberg
- 22 September 2011
Foreign-investor purchases of farmland in poorer nations are displacing local populations and adding little to a country’s wealth, even as agricultural prices increase, according to Oxfam International.
Defining responsible farmland investing
- Samachar
- 18 September 2011
Farmland is an increasingly attractive investment for pension funds, but some have held back from buying due to ethical and environmental concerns, and a fear of negative public perception.
Pension funds launch Principles for Responsible Investment in Farmland
- UNPRI
- 06 September 2011
A group of institutional investors representing US$1.3 trillion in assets have today launched the Principles for Responsible Investment in Farmland (the “Farmland Principles”).
Agri-investing for the long term: The investment case for responsible investments in agriculture
- onValues
- 02 August 2011
Summary report of the conference hosted June 17, 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland
Shut the gate: why cash-strapped landowners are selling the farm
- SMH
- 01 August 2011
Australians do realise the value of what is being sold, a land agent and rural property specialist said, "but their hands are tied because they can't raise the money".