Room151 brought together seven Local Government Pension Scheme professionals and two asset managers from Fiera Capital to discuss agricultural investment opportunities and ways in which pension funds can access them.
Read the full roundtable write-up here
As investors set net zero targets for their investment portfolios, increasingly opportunities in natural capital, including agricultural farmland come up as they seek ways to decarbonise.
In addition to decarbonisation characteristics, investing in agriculture can also offer opportunities to protect biodiversity loss and help pension funds, particularly those within the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), meet UK-focused investment objectives.
Most recently, South Yorkshire Pension Authority acquired a farmland portfolio through a joint venture to help “enhance the environmental value” of UK farmland whilst also securing its growth potential.
Room151 brought together seven LGPS professionals and two asset managers to discuss these agricultural investment opportunities, you can read full coverage of the session here.
Attendees of the session:
Mandy Adamou, head of consultant relations & LGPS, EMEA & Asia, Fiera Capital
Stephanie Aymes, client relations manager, London CIV
Jason Fletcher, formerly CIO, London CIV
Sarah Gal, senior principal, agriculture, Fiera Comox
Richard Harbord, chair, London Borough of Harrow Pension Board
Patrick Rowe, strategic finance manager – T & P, Westminster City Council
Huw Thomas, nature finance, Oxford LNP
Tricia Ward, head of private markets, Redington Limited
Raymond Wright, private markets portfolio manager, London CIV
Read the full roundtable write-up sponsored by Fiera Capital here
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