Three Sustainable Forestry Funds have been launched recently that invest in tropical rainforests and plantations in Brazil, Costa Rica and Malaysia, as well as various other forest rich countries. These funds were announced by Oxigen, a forest management company and MSS Fund Management, an alternative asset manager, both of which are based in the UK.
The aim of the Sustainable Forestry Funds are to allow investors direct access to the returns generated by commercially managed tropical plantations. The funds will also offer investors an opportunity to invest in a sustainability focused strategy. One of the funds is designed with the Institutional Investors seeking long term exposure to the asset class in mind. The three underlying funds are targeted at the Wealth Management and HNW sector.
The funds will be invested in agroforestry that generate returns from maize, sugar cane and lemon grass as well as in plantation returns from commercially managed mahogany, teak and agarwood.
Investors are provided with first rate risk adjusted returns from sustainable forestry. As an added benefit the funds help manage and protect the world’s declining tropical forests from deforestation as well as working with the local communities and governments in establishing community projects, schools and medical centres.
Simon Hookway, CEO of MSS Fund Management, said, “I am delighted to be launching funds that combine attractive risk/return profiles together with low correlation to other asset classes and with strong sustainability characteristics.”
Guy Conroy, CEO of Oxigen Investments, said, “Following the high demand from high-net-worth individuals for our products, we are delighted to partner with MSS and allow access to sustainable forests through an authorised and regulated fund structure.”
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April 11th, 2010 at 11:13 PM
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