Financial Times | 10 Oct 2011
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Major pension fund invests in farm land
Roger Ferguson, chief executive of TIAA-CREF, one of the leading retirement service providers in the United States, talks to the FT’s Gillian Tett about retirement challenges in the US. Mr Ferguson says his firm is increasingly acquiring farm land in the US, Eastern Europe, Australia and Brazil as long term investments. (8m 49sec)
Watch the video online here: http://video.ft.com/v/1209691266001/Major-pension-fund-invests-in-farm-land
Or download the transcript from TIAA-CREF: http://farmlandgrab.org/uploads/attachment/tiaa04023994.pdf
VIEW FROM THE TOP from COMPANIES
Major pension fund invests in farm land
Roger Ferguson, chief executive of TIAA-CREF, one of the leading retirement service providers in the United States, talks to the FT’s Gillian Tett about retirement challenges in the US. Mr Ferguson says his firm is increasingly acquiring farm land in the US, Eastern Europe, Australia and Brazil as long term investments. (8m 49sec)
Watch the video online here: http://video.ft.com/v/1209691266001/Major-pension-fund-invests-in-farm-land
Or download the transcript from TIAA-CREF: http://farmlandgrab.org/uploads/attachment/tiaa04023994.pdf