Posted By : Daniel Kiernan on April 30th, 2012
Location : farmland
Investor interest in agriculture is continuing to rise and investment experts expect to double assets under management in the next three years, according to a survey.
But several factors, including the lack of transparency of this still-emerging asset class, are making some investors skittish. “That is one of the main issues,” said Bill Kiernan, director of research for global agriculture investment at consulting firm HighQuest Partners. “The whole idea of investing into agriculture as a sector … is really pretty new and it has been growin…