Chile

Frontal Trust develops strategic alliances with local agribusiness operators with the objective of structuring investment vehicles to fund their growth plans, and connecting capital to investment opportunities in Latin America farmland.

“Growing row crops is an excellent way for Fresh Del Monte to leverage its idle lands,” said Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman and CEO, Fresh Del Monte.

The first “Ecuadorian Fruits and Vegetables Export Investment Fund” for local and foreign investors has begun with 10 hectares planted in the canton of Batat.

Hoy, de las diez principales exportadoras de fruta en Chile, cinco están en manos de compañías foráneas

Abu Dhabi-based investment and holding company ADQ acquires fruit company that operates more than 14,000 hectares of farms across Chile, the Philippines, South Africa, Italy, Spain and Argentina

Entrevista con José Miguel Fernández, fundador y gerente general de Sembrador Capital

Hancock Natural Resource Group, empresa pertenenciente a Manulife Investment Management, anunció la adquisición de una participación mayoritaria en David Del Curto (DDC).

David Del Curto, S.A. is a leading Chilean fruit production, packing and export company, which produces over ten different fruit types across eleven farms, while also managing one of the largest nurseries in the country.

Although discussions are still in the preliminary stages, CEO of Go-Invest, Dr. Peter Ramsaroop, said the Chileans want to invest heavily in large-scale agricultural projects.

WFI’s estates represent the largest avocado-growing footprint in the world, with operations in all major growing regions including southern Africa, Mexico, Chile, Peru, and the state of California.

With very low interest rates having taken root across asset classes and investors abiding in their hunt for higher yields, the world’s largest manager of global farmland, Nuveen, says the season may be ripe for a strategic allocation to the $2.3 trillion market for U.S. farm real estate.

The Vermont Pension Investment Committee has invested $100 million in the Nuveen Global Farmland Fund, which aims to make farmland acquisitions averaging $20m across the US, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Poland, Romania and Chile.