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EmVest CEO Susan Payne makes case for Africa farmland
- Peoples Company
- 24 June 2013
Video presentation by EmVest CEO Susan Payne at the 2013 Land Investment Expo at the Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel.
Vanderbilt University divests from "land grab" in Africa
- Oakland Institute
- 13 February 2013
This historic divestment marks the first full divestment made by Vanderbilt in response to student pressure
Land grab controversy remains unresolved
- Inside Vandy
- 18 October 2012
In the wake of investigations into Vanderbilt Univeristy’s investment in a hedge fund responsible for land grabs in Mozambique it is necessary to finally have some form of accountability.
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.
Zimbabwe: Afrifresh to acquire Ariston Holdings stake
- Business Digest
- 23 February 2012
Afrifresh Group, a South African agriculture group, is set to acquire a controlling stake in Ariston Holdings, as Emvest pulls out.
African agriculture investor EmVest inks funding from Truestone
- AltAssets
- 09 February 2012
Sub-Saharan African agriculture investor EmVest Asset Management has received its first allocation from London-based Truestone Impact Investment Management, which focuses on delivering market rate returns from social and environmental investments.
Hedge fund couple split businesses after separation
- Reuters
- 13 October 2011
Husband and wife team founded Emergent Asset Management, which has led controversial farmland acquisitions in southern Africa.
British, French firms linked to African land grabs
- PANA
- 06 October 2011
The French Development Agency and the UK-based Emergent Asset Management have been named as the leading investors in massive land deals involving African leaders
The Endowment and Africa: HMC should disavow investments that disenfranchise the world’s poor
- The Crimson
- 30 September 2011
At the current stage, we do not have adequately available evidence to consider either HMC or Emergent at fault for the purported economic wrongdoings outlined in the Oakland Institute report.
Les universités américaines s’offrent des terres
- Courrier International
- 23 June 2011
Après les Etats et les entreprises étrangères, les grandes facultés d’outre-Atlantique investissent massivement sur le continent noir. Et les paysans locaux n’en bénéficient guère.
Hedge funds & African farms
- CBC
- 13 June 2011
The mad scramble for Africa. Critics say the financial firms that helped cause the global recession by inflating the real estate bubble -- are back. And this time they're being accused of pulling the same tricks with the world's food supply.
Claims of African 'land grab' spark controversy
- CNN
- 12 June 2011
A new report published this week claims farmers in Africa are being driven off their traditional lands to make way for vast new industrial farming projects backed by European hedge funds seeking profits and foreign countries looking for cheap food.