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Opalesque Exclusive: Emergent AM`s emerging market funds up 2.5%, 4.3% in January, African Agricultural Land Fund launch nears UK-based Emergent Asset Management Limited says its emerging market funds had a good start in 2008, building on a strong historical performance: Fund Name 2006 2007 Jan 2008 (est) Emergent Alternative EM Debt Fund 30.30% 19.34% + 4.3% Emergent Ballistic EM Equities Fund 31.80% 13.20% +2.5 % The firm also said it will be shortly launching its African Agricultural Land Fund. Commitments have to be communicated by February 15th. Corporate website: Source

Related News: UK farm land priced predicted to rise 15% this year as investors join land rush From the London Times: The cost of farm property looks likely to soar as traditional British “lifestyle farmers” are joined by multimillion-pound investors hurriedly moving their wealth out of stocks and shares and into farmland. Across the world, hedge fund managers, property developers and other investors are turning their eyes to places such as Russia, Argentina and Uruguay, where farms are thought to be underdeveloped and provide an opportunity to profit from the rising prices of staples such as wheat, barley and oil-seed rape.

Britain is likely to feel the effects because our farmland is cheap by Western European standards. Marc D......................

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