UBS Global Asset Management has partnered with an Australian farmland operator, Bydand Global Agriculture, to launch a new Australian and New Zealand farmland investment service.
The new offering will enable sovereign wealth funds, international institutional investors and high-net-worth individuals plough billions of dollars into the Australian agricultural sector.
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The advisory service will offer institutional investors exposure to illiquid asset class and will also provide specific farmland operational management advice to UBS and its clients.
The new platform will provide direct farmland ownership and exposure to operational outcomes via individual mandates.
Managed from Sydney and Hong Kong by a farmland team, the new offering will be supported by UBS Global Asset Management’s research and governance processes.
With an initial investment of $200 million, the capability will focus on the Australian sheep, meat, and grain sectors but is also planning to manage several billion dollars in the next five years.
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By GlobalDataTrevor Cooke head of global real estate for APAC UBS Global Asset Management said: "Our farmland investment capability will look to attract much needed equity capital to support growth and expansion of the agricultural sectors across Australia to meet this increasing demand.
"Australia is an important supplier of high-quality, traceable food to key export markets, in particular Asia, with growing demand for such products and increasing consumer ability to purchase. This includes enabling farmers to achieve further farmland productivity growth and greater economies of scale," he added.
