Emergent Asset Management

Publications

Land Deal Brief: Deciphering Emergent’s Investments in Africa

Emergent Asset Management (Emergent), a private limited liability company based in the UK and minority owned by Toronto Dominion Bank, claims to be managing the largest agricultural fund in Africa. Using private equity to invest in industrial agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa, Emergent is however, a prime example of the troublesome rise in speculative funds that are investing in African agricultural land.

Land Deal Brief: EmVest Asset Management in Matuba, Mozambique

EmVest Asset Management is a joint venture between Emergent Asset Management and Grainvest, a subsidiary of the RussellStone Group. Based out of Pretoria, South Africa, EmVest operates the African Land Fund (ALF) and lists social responsibility as a guiding tenet of its investment strategy, citing a desire to bring “economic uplift to communities through commercially viable, first world practices.”

Emergent Asset Management

Publications

Land Deal Brief: Deciphering Emergent’s Investments in Africa

Land Deal Brief: EmVest Asset Management in Matuba, Mozambique

Press Releases and Public Statements

Vanderbilt University Divests from "Land Grab" in Africa

Media

A Look at College Investments that have been Questioned

Vanderbilt Out of Africa

Earth Matters: Land Grabs

Occupy Vanderbilt Wants Answers from Administration

Vanderbilt Students of Nonviolence host Responsible Endowment Symposium

Pages

Documentation and Contracts

Emergent Asset Management-Matuba

Emergent video

Land Lease (Duat) for 1000 ha, Matuba, Mozambique

CPI Authorization of Emvest Limpopo, Matuba, Mozambique

Publications