AEW Capital Management, L.P. (AEW) provides real estate investment management services to investors worldwide. One of the world’s leading real estate investment advisors, AEW and its affiliates manage over $33billion of capital invested in $48 billion of property and securities in North America, Europe and Asia (as of June 30, 2011). AEW was named“2010 Real Estate Investment Manager of the Year” by Institutional Investor magazine.
www.aew.com
Altima Partners is a $1.8 billion alternative investments adviser based in London and New York. Investing in agriculture worldwide is one of its key strengths. At the end of 2010, Altima funds had over $800 million at work in agriculture both in private equity and farmland, primarily in South America, Central Europe and Africa, as well as a global portfolio of listed companies and commodities.
www.altimapartners.com
Aquila Capital Green Assets with its managing partner Detlef Schoen provides asset allocation consulting & asset management services on a global basis – with particular focus on New Zealand & Australia and South America and a strong preference for pastoral farming. The company provides the full range of services from global score card analysis to identify the most attractive sector/country portfolio (sector/country combinations being for example beef cattle Australia versus dairy farming Chile versus sugar cane farming Brazil etc.) via farm selection and acquisition to farm operations monitoring and controlling to farm disposal.
aquila-capital.de
Greenfield is New Zealand’s premier specialist manager of agricultural assets for institutional investors. Established in 2005, Greenfield operates investment and asset management strategies focused on maximizing returns to scale and delivering annual cash returns from agricultural assets. Greenfield offers investment products across NZ agriculture sectors, structured as funds or as managed direct investment providing exposure to red meat, dairy, land and horticulture markets.
www.greenfield.co.nz
The Hancock Agricultural Investment Group (HAIG) is one of the largest institutional managers of agricultural real estate in the U.S. and the first U.S. based institutional farmland manager to offer our clients international investment options. HAIG manages $1.5 billion of agricultural real estate (as of 12/31/10) for institutional investors, including public and corporate pension funds and corporate taxable investors. HAIG oversees nearly 250,000 acres of prime U.S. farmland in major agricultural regions including California, the Midwest, the Mississippi Delta, the Pacific Northwest, the Southern Plains and the Southeast; 6,000 acres of farmland in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia and 1,000 acres of farmland in Quebec, Canada.
www.haig.jhancock.com
International Farming Corporation is an alternative investment firm that specializes in the agricultural sector. Our team includes professionals with PhD's in Agricultural Sciences, Certified Professional Agricultural Engineers, Certified Crop Advisers and Licensed Crop Consultants. Each is passionate about agriculture, investing in farmland, maximizing crop yields and increasing farm profits through progressive farming techniques and superior farm management. IFC and its affiliates were founded in 1871 and have over 139 years of continuous agricultural experience. Our team has farmed in North America, South America, and Eastern Europe utilizing progressive farming techniques on an array of soil types. We have also been active in the agricultural community, leading national trade organizations such as the National Cotton Ginners Association and actively partnering with leading agricultural universities with a global reach to further progressive farming techniques.
http://internationalfarming.com
Paine + Partners is a private equity firm that utilizes extensive industry experience in a disciplined and differentiated goal investment strategy to deliver superior risk-adjusted investment returns. Since its inception, it has enjoyed more than a decade of successful investments and partnerships in the agricultural, horticultural, food and protein industries, in leading companies such as Seminis, Advanta and Icicle Seafoods.
www.painepartners.com