Laguna Bay Pastoral Company | Agricultural Asset Management and Investment

Laguna Bay Announces First Close of Australasian Agricultural Fund at A$280 million

Laguna Bay today announced the successful first close of the Laguna Bay Agricultural Fund (‘the Fund’), at A$280 million. This marks the launch of Laguna Bay’s second investment vehicle for institutional investors.

The Fund has a wide mandate within the agricultural sector. It will invest in a portfolio of low-risk, high-quality agricultural assets in Australia and New Zealand. The focus is on the generation of a stable and growing income yield, preservation of capital and potential for significant long-term capital appreciation.

Asset Management

Laguna Bay manages the evaluation, acquisition, development and management of agricultural assets on behalf of institutional investors. We currently act as owner, advisor, trustee or custodian to over AU$1 billion in assets, offering flexible acquisition alternatives for vendors and dynamic value adding alternatives for assets.

Connecting Farming & Finance

Laguna Bay provides a dynamic conduit between agricultural asset management (farming) and investment markets (finance). We partner with investors who understand the importance of agricultural real assets and in a world of increasing population.

Professional Team

Our key personnel offer a diverse and experienced background in agribusiness, finance and property, providing an in-depth understanding of the traditional family-based ownership structure of agricultural enterprises and the investment objectives of institutional fund managers.

"Agriculture is a specialized asset class requiring experience, creativity, and deep rural relationships. There are only a handful of asset managers globally that are geared to the institutional market. Laguna Bay collects, processes and peer tests operators and data to produce credible output projections. This, coupled with their discipline in asset pricing, provided us with added confidence in the space. Laguna Bay was an important part of the establishment of Cowal Agriculture Holdings, our investment vehicle for Australian farmland."
Hugh WrigleyFounding Partner of Global Endowment Management
"The difference that the partners in Laguna Bay bring to agricultural funds management is their combination of financial products knowledge and a passion for and a track record in agriculture and horticulture as well as a strong work rate and, most of all, persistence."
David RobinsonChairman of Australian Food & Fibre Limited (AFF)
"Agriculture will be one of the most exciting and profitable sectors over the next decade or two after 3 decades of dismal returns."
Jim RogersInternational Investor, Author and Market Analyst
"To be successful in farming you must hire the unhirable in a structure that both aligns incentives and is non-gamable by both parties. Laguna Bay's model and people achieve this."
Jonathan WestAssociate Professor at Harvard University