Castlestone Management has announced it is to launch an agricultural commodities fund on 31 March.
The Aliquot Agriculture fund will be actively managed, and will offer investors discrete exposure to the agricultural commodities sector via a mirror of the agricultural selection made within the established Aliquot Commodity fund. The fund’s holdings will encompass agriculture, alternative energy and water assets. The bulk of the portfolio (60%) is anticipated to be in grains and foodstuffs, though there will also be a livestock weighting of about 12% to reflect the growing appetite for meat among fast-growing nations such as China. Castlestone says the fund will be the only open agricul...
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