Comparing Risk in Agricultural Land Investments: Portfolio Diversification, How to Avoid Diworsification

CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA, October 28, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Omnigence Asset Management is pleased to release a white paper examining portfolio diversification in the farmland investment space. The paper presents the case that while adding more farmland assets generally lowers portfolio volatility, the benefits of diversification diminish beyond a certain point. As the number of distinct geographies increases, particularly when geographies exhibit higher cross-correlations, the incremental reduction in volatility becomes less significant. Moreover, the additional costs associated with managing and monitoring a larger number of distinct geographies—such as transaction fees, administrative burdens, and time spent monitoring each property—can begin to outweigh the benefits of diversification.

To access the Comparing Risk in Agricultural Land Investments white paper, click here.

Omnigence team members act as principals of the GPs of a series of alternative funds focused on finding unique sources of return across a broad spectrum of strategies. These funds include Veripath Farmland Partners (Veripath) which operates on the conviction that worldwide demand for the agricultural products used for food, feed, and fuel makes farmland a valuable long-term investment. Veripath manages a portfolio of row crop land, diversified across geographies and operators.

Who is Omnigence Asset Management?

Core members of the Omnigence team have been investing together since 2007 with a track record of generating returns for both institutional and retail investors. We prefer novel and underinvested segments of the alternative universe in which to deploy capital. We seek to access strategies that might otherwise not be on the radar of most investors. Smaller can often be beneficial. Less financialized market segments often exhibit higher returns and better capital deployment prospects due to reduced competition and useful correlation benefits and reduced volatility when compared to more mainstream alternative asset classes.

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Matt Barr
Omnigence Asset Management
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