Gresham House, the specialist alternative asset manager and one of the world’s largest commercial forestry managers, announced the first close of its Sustainable International Forestry Strategy Platform at more than €250 million ($291 million), anchored by commitments from both Worcestershire Pension Fund and NGS Super. NGS Super’s investment represents the first Australian superannuation fund investor in a Gresham House Strategy Platform, marking an important step in the further globalization of the firm’s natural capital platform.
Forestry has historically exhibited distinct characteristics compared with mainstream asset classes, including alignment to long-term inflation dynamics. These features have contributed to its role within diversified portfolios across multiple economic cycles.
The strategy platform targets a diversified, mixed-age and multi-species portfolio of productive, sustainably managed timberland and afforestation assets across Australia, N
