IMD-3-2039 © 2008
Leleux, Benoit F.; Berger, Nir
Forest, as a possession class, had actually produced typical yearly returns of 14.5 % considering that 1972, beating the typical returns of many stock markets over that duration and on par with those produced by the personal equity market. Extra aspects played in favor of forestry financial investments, such as the versatility to choose gathering times based on market conditions for wood items, the capability to utilize long-lasting agreements to hedge versus recessions and the numerous usages for the collected items, from pulp and wood pallets to high quality wood panels.
Wood likewise provided the capability to "storage facility" its value for long durations of time, as well as the capability to time the harvests to market conditions without suffering prospective problems due to technological or market obsolescence, like lots of other inventoried concrete possessions. The careless endangerment of natural forests around the world by so-called "wood pirates," either driven by greed or survival requirements for food preparation and heating product, called for action. Knowing goals: Discuss forest as an alternative possession class.
Subjects: Investments; Alternative assets; Timberland; Forestry; Sustainable investments; Ecological management; Tropical woods
Settings: Tropics; Latin America; Switzerland; Asset management; Forestry; Investments; Private equity; 250 employees; 2003- 2008
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