Australia

NZ Super Fund takes stake in Australian beef stud
- NZ Herald
- 04 October 2017
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has made its first offshore farm investment, taking a stake in Australian beef stud Palgrove for an undisclosed amount.
Chinese investment in farmland soars as politicians urge closer eye on foreign ownership
- ABC
- 04 October 2017
Chinese investment in Australian farmland has risen over the past year from about 1.5 million hectares to almost 14.5 million hectares.
China now owns 10 times the amount of Australian land it did last year
- Brisbane Times
- 30 September 2017
The amount of Australian farm land owned by Chinese interests has surged tenfold in the past year, climbing above 14 million hectares or 2.5 per cent of all agricultural land.
AgCAP sells first tranche of sustainable agriculture fund assets
- GAI
- 25 September 2017
TIAA Global Agriculture Properties has acquired 10 of the 17 properties making up the SAF portfolio totaling 16,000 hectares across New South Wales, and Victoria.
Bindaree’s Chinese investors plan to develop northern WA cattle assets
- Beef Central
- 20 September 2017
Hong Kong based investors who recently took a 51 percent stake in northern NSW export beef processor, Bindaree Beef have plans to further develop their Western Australian grazing property investments, purchased in April last year.
Nuveen reaps rewards of steady agricultural focus
- The Australian
- 06 September 2017
The purchase of more Australian farms, agribusinesses and food processing plants is high on the agenda of one of the world’s biggest investment managers, the Chicago-based Nuveen.
Hui Wing Mau, Archstone Investment buy majority of Australia’s Bindaree Beef
- GAI
- 06 September 2017
Australian beef processor Bindaree Beef announced it has sold a 51 percent controlling stake in the family-owned company to Hong Kong-Australian billionaire, Hui Wing Mau, and Beijing-based equity fund Archstone Investment for approximately $120 million.
Strategy change: Qatar's Hassad taking next $80m Australian farm sell down
- AFR
- 28 August 2017
Hassad Food – owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund the Qatar Investment Authority – is selling another major portion of its Australian farmland portfolio worth about $80 million.
West Australia: Crop downsizing for Chinese group
- West Australian
- 10 August 2017
The Beidahuang Group is rumoured to have leased out the majority of its 85,000 ha of WA farmland purchased or leased in a $200 million spending spree five years ago
Chinese billionaire tried to sell Van Diemen's Land Company before buying it
- Financial review
- 02 August 2017
Even before Lu Xianfeng completed the $280 million purchase of Australia's largest dairy farm in April 2016, the Chinese billionaire was looking to sell. In a messy proposal, Mr Lu planned to offload his holding in the historic VDL to a Chinese listed vehicle he controlled.
A growing proposition
- Asia Asset Management
- 31 July 2017
Agribusiness represents a substantial opportunity as well as a priority or even a problem for investors in Asia
Hassad Australia sells Clover Downs Station for $27M
- GAI
- 24 July 2017
Hassad Australia, a $469 million farming company and wholly owned subsidiary of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has sold the Clover Downs Station located in Queensland, Australia, to farmer Bill Zell for $27 million.