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Investment and environment can be complimentary
According to Kilter Rural CEO, Cullen Gunn, there is a lack of policy around ecosystem markets. “Getting paid for producing improvements in ecological condition hasn’t happened yet” Gunn says. “There is a great deal of irrigation land which is underutilised or undercapitalised, and could be dealt with in a much more sustainable way.” Kilter Rural’s […]
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Water leasing helps irrigators and investors
The Murray-Darling basin is one of the most secure irrigation systems in the world, and water leasing has a major role to play, especially in the light of climate change. Kilter Rural, who manage more than $214 million of water, farmland and ecosystem assets, lease water entitlements, for between three to five years to irrigators […]
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Impact Investment
The rise of impact investing shows there is an increased appetite for aligning assets with values. The Australian Balanced Water Fund launched by NatureVest (managed by Kilter Rural) is the first impact investment-driven solution in Australia to use markets to balance the water needs of farmers, communities and nature. The impact investment movement encompasses investors […]
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Balancing demands on Australian water rights
The Murray-Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund, managed by Kilter Rural, held a first close on A$27 million in November 2015, beating its $25 million minimum target for that close. The Nature Conservancy-backed fund returns water to wetlands in abundant years and ensures water to farms in drier years. Agri investor asked Kilter Rural water general […]
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Big names turning to impact investing
The Murray Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund (managed by Kilter Rural) has attracted a string of new and powerful investors as it moves to a raise an ultimate target of $100 million. The Australian reported National Australia Bank and the billionaire Besen family have joined forces to make the fund one of the most important […]
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Rabobank says free-flowing water markets sustain growth
According to Rabobank, unless public and private investments are made in better water management throughout the world, a 40 per cent global water deficit is expected by 2030.
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Kilter Water Fund Information Memorandum
The Kilter Water Fund was established in June 2014 and has generated annualised returns of 16% since inception to 30 June 2016.
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Murray-Darling Basin Water Fund
The Nature Conservancy Australia established the Murray-Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund to provide water security for Australian farming families
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Aither Water Markets Report 2014-15
This report provides an overview of water market activity in major water trading zones in the southern Murray-Darling Basin (sMDB)
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Australian food companies feed investor returns
Buttressed by demand from the emerging economies to the nation’s north, Australia’s $50 billion agribusiness sector is burgeoning.