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TIAA-CREF has teamed with a handful of institutional investors to put $2 billion into farmland in major grain-producing regions, including the U.S. and Australia, Pensions & Investments reports. The investors in TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture include AP2, British Columbia Investment Management Corp. and Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec. The amount of the investment by New York-based TIAA-CREF, a national financial-services organization...  

TIAA-CREF, more commonly associated with teacher pension investments, has announced the creation of TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture LLC. The announcement - which came early last week - creates a new company that includes several international institutional ...  

A small number of institutional investors including AP2, British Columbia Investment Management Corp. and the Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec formed an investment firm with TIAA-CREF to invest $2 billion in farmland.  

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- TIAA-CREF has finished reaping funds for its agricultural investment company, raising $2 billion, including commitments from pension funds of Sweden and Canada's British Columbia and Quebec. TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture ...  

“This investment marks the Caisse’s entry into an emerging asset class, which will facilitate its exposure to the global demand for agricultural products. Farmland presents a risk-return profile that meets our depositors’ objectives and that offers ...