General
Partnership with Regal Funds Management
We are pleased to announce that on 21 December 2018, Regal Funds Management acquired a 50 per cent interest in Kilter Rural Pty Ltd. Kilter Rural shares many similar values and characteristics with Regal Funds Management: our clients come first, we develop deep and productive relationships and we believe great teams develop great outcomes. For […]
by Kilter Rural • February 19, 2019
General Media
WinNews: Kilter Rural helping build local economy
The success of farming is increasingly hitched to water security with an industry leader pumping up the benefits of irrigation. A fresh approach is making every drop go further, turning almost unworkable land into thriving fields.
by admin • May 5, 2018
General Media
Kilter Rural: Investment Farming Model returns dollars from dirt
“Our aim has been to invest in irrigation infrastructure, manage water and soils and put aside land of environmental value to improve it, as well as deliver returns to our investors” explains Kilter Rural’s Michael Neville. “Our key metric is return per megalitre to measure performance of crops, because water is our most expensive input”, […]
by admin • February 28, 2018
General Media
New water barons – foreign farmers swoop on our crops
Major American and Canadian investment funds and agricultural corporations are pouring money into buying prime irrigated land along the Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers, looking for irrigated land to plant with citrus and almonds. Near Robinvale in northern Victoria, investors looking for a farm to grow highly profitable table grapes recently paid $5.1m for a 570ha […]
by admin • January 9, 2018
General Media
Noodle success for Japanese company spurs big agribusiness into organic farming
Hakubaku opened their organic noodle factory in Ballarat nearly 20 years ago because CEO Ryuji Nakamura said they wanted to be close to the best quality organic wheat. A shortage of organic wheat in recent years led to a supply partnership with Kilter Rural who manage over $200m in farmland and water assets in northern […]
by admin • December 15, 2017
General Water Investment
MDB Water Fund wins top environment award
Murray-Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund has been awarded Australia’s premier environment prize for 2017, the Banksia Award, in the natural capital category. Judged by an independent panel of experts, the Award “recognises demonstrated leadership and excellence in valuing, measuring, managing and investing in Australia’s natural capital with the same rigor that we manage all of […]
by admin • November 21, 2017
Investment Media
H2O Flow – The Australian water market
One of the few super funds to invest in water, VicSuper, has been accruing entitlements for close to a decade, initially investing in land in southern Victoria. Its chief executive Michael Dundon told INTHEBLACK that agriculture was the lure, but that the land came with water entitlements, which proved to be increasingly attractive over time. […]
by admin • November 21, 2017
Investment Water Investment
Water Fund Open
In October 2015 The Nature Conservancy Australia and Kilter Rural launched the Murray-Darling Basin Balanced Water Fund to provide water security for Australian farming families while protecting culturally significant wetlands that support threatened species. The Fund invests in permanent water rights in the Southern Murray-Darling Basin and allocates those rights in a smart way. When […]
by admin • October 27, 2017