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Global funds chase Australian farms
- Stock Journal
- 18 November 2013
Global fund managers and some of the world's largest pension funds have bought more than $1.5 billion of agricultural land in Australia over the past three years.
Big ag deal goes largely unnoticed
- Financial Review
- 15 November 2013
Late on Wednesday night an Australian trust backed by Swiss, Danish and US fund managers agreed to pay more than $200 million for 12,000 hectares of almond groves in northern Victoria.
Friis Bach is up for a match against the African chiefs
- Politiken
- 09 July 2013
Africa must be developed in a rush in order to avoid a global food crisis with huge changes, including a confrontation with chiefs, the role of women and the views on collective property, says Danish Minister for Development Cooperation.
Eastern Europe beckons farmland investors
- Farmers Weekly
- 21 April 2013
Farmland prices are firming across much of Central and Eastern Europe, as interest from institutional investors -- mainly pension funds -- begins to translate into transactions on the ground.
Disease costs FirstFarms last hope of dodging loss
- Agrimoney
- 07 November 2012
The eastern Europe farm operator ditched its last hopes of avoiding a return into the red after disease at its dairy herd added to the pressure on profits from poor weather for its arable operations.
Pearl Capital Partners invests US$ 1.2m in northern Uganda agricultural centre
- AVCA News
- 16 July 2012
The African Agricultural Capital Fund, which is backed by USAID, Bill Gates and JP Morgan, has invested $1.2 million in NUAC, a company owned by several Danish partners that operates Uganda's largest farm.
Afrikas jord skal komme både rige kapitalfonde og fattige bønder til gode
- Information.dk
- 12 Mar 2012
Som nogle af de første pensionskasser kaster PKA og PensionDanmark sig ind i kapløbet om de nye værdier i omstilling af det afrikanske landbrug. En svær øvelse, siger fagfolk
Denmark's PKA rejects claims over 'land grabbing' in Africa
- IPE
- 02 Mar 2012
PKA has defended its investments in African agricultural land, denying they are ethically dubious or constitute "land grabbing".
UK land price surge drives out funds, foreigners
- Agrimoney
- 30 January 2012
The extent of the surge in UK farmland prices has driven foreign buyers and pension funds to the sidelines, leaving farmers to pay prices more than double those three years ago, property consultancy Savills said.
Do you invest in frontier markets?
- IPE
- 03 January 2012
PensionDanmark's DKK 320 million (EUR 43 million) farmland investment will focus on agricultural production in Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Uganda and Mozambique
Landgrabbing: En kamp om jord og ressourcer
- NOAH
- 07 December 2011
Special issue of Friends of the Earth Denmark's magazine on land grabbing
Pensionspenge i etisk minefelt
- politiken.dk
- 07 December 2011
Socialrådgivere og jordemødre skal tjene til pensionen ved køb af landbrugsjord i Afrika. Det kan fordrive fattige bønder, advarer eksperter.

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