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New Forests appoints first global head of funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... deliver to our investors, while ensuring we're remaining focused on our vision of seeing investment in land use and forestry as central to the transition to a sustainable future," Rogers said. The appointments follow Sarah Campbell joining New Forests ...

Finnfund names chief investment officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... development financier in emerging markets with a wealth of relevant sector expertise, e.g., in digital infrastructure and forestry, enabling us to make impactful, commercially sustainable investments. "I look forward to working with all the Finnfund ...

Mirova seeks €350m for new sustainable land management fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023
... bodies and institutional investors. The fund seeks to support the transition and decarbonisation of agricultural and forestry value chains, with a view to generate financial gains and positive impact in terms of climate change adaptation and mitigation ...

AIMCo, New Agriculture buy Kimberley Cattle Portfolio

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
... AIMCo's first investment in this sector, despite having invested in Australia for several years, with an initial focus on forestry. In 2022, AIMCo expanded into agriculture following its acquisition of mixed farming business Lawson Grains, alongside ...

UniSuper partners to buy Tasmanian timber plantation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
UniSuper and a consortium of European pension funds have acquired a Tasmanian forestry estate from a New Forests managed fund. UniSuper, the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF), and APG Asset Management N.V (APG) on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ...

First Super appoints to board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
Forestry industry leader Mick Stephens will join the First Super board as an associate director. Stephens brings over 30 years' experience to the role, having worked in the forestry industry and related fields as a resource economist, including ...

NGS ahead of schedule on net zero strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... utilisation and storage (CCUS). "We're looking at natural capital - biodiversity and the credits they can contain - through forestry and those assets, they're the primary areas that we are working on at the moment," Squires said. "This research ...

Tax miners, major corporates to tackle housing shortage: CFMEU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is calling for the introduction of a $28 billion annual super profits tax to close the gap in social and affordable housing. The CFMEU commissioned Oxford Independent Economics to ...

Ag sector boosts Australia's productivity

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... financial year, found that the agricultural sector was the biggest contributor to growth and productivity. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing recorded the highest growth of 21.2% based on multifactor productivity (MFP) measures, which calculates the ...

UniSuper spends $1bn on European mobile towers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... portfolio, including Sydney, Adelaide, and Brisbane Airports, Transurban Chesapeake, as well as a growing allocation to forestry assets. "This is a high-quality defensive infrastructure investment with strong fundamentals and growth prospects. It adds ...
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