US and Canadian pension fund managers have submitted multiple bids for Australia’s $3bn Paraway Pastoral empire, and its vendors are assessing offers for the 4.4 million hectare agricultural business.
As 401(k) plan sponsors look to improve diversification and long-term outcomes, real assets such as timber and farmland are moving closer to the center of the conversation, alongside private markets like real estate and private credit.
New report shows international financial corporations fuel environmental destruction and displacement of traditional agrarian communities in world’s most biodiverse savannah
Chilean farmland investor Toesca and its London-based partner Astarte Capital Partners host an inaugural conference, with presentations from Nuveen Capital and Chile's public pension fund AFP.
Nuveen’s 2025 “EQuilibrium” report, which presents the thoughts of its annual institutional asset allocator survey, found that 11% of survey respondents said they plan to increase their allocations both to farmland and timberland, while 26% and 27%, respectively, said they plan to maintain their allocations.
Nuveen will pursue the acquisition and leasing of high-quality U.S. farmland growing crops ranging from row crops like corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and vegetables to permanent plantings such as tree nuts, citrus, olives, avocados and wine grapes,
US investors have poured billions into Aussie farmland in recent years including many purchases made without FIRB scrutiny, leading some to question the current rules.
Billionaires, North American pension funds and some of Australia’s most prominent pastoral families have claimed stakes in NSW farmland, according to The Weekly Times’ 10th annual Who Owns Australia’s Farm investigation.
Billionaires, North American pension funds and some of Australia’s most prominent pastoral families have claimed stakes in NSW farmland, according to The Weekly Times’ 10th annual Who Owns Australia’s Farm investigation.
The Cerrado, a wooded savannah in Brazil, remains a hotspot for deforestation as companies make the most of laws allowing more deforestation than in the Amazon
The 10 largest transnational landowners in the world control an area larger than Japan, according to a new report. This accumulation fuels human rights abuse, inequalities, and environmental destruction, and underlines the need for redistributive policies.
Corporate-backed farming groups from North America and the UK have emerged as key players in the nation’s farmland market in the past year.
