Institutional and private buyers can now be involved in buying a "slice" of the action, literally and figuratively speaking. Plots of such forests will be leased to them for the time it takes for the trees to mature. When the trees are harvested, each stakeholder shares in the profits.
◆ You can literally watch your money grow
◆ Participate with as little as USD1,000 over 3 years for a return of USD900 (90% over 3 years or 30% annual returns)[ Such projections are based on conservative estimates of yield based on research carried out in international markets regarding Agarwood growth rates and concurrent with recent and historical prices on a marked to market basis
Information is correct at the time of print]
◆ Optional holdings securitization
◆ Fully transferable
◆ Exit price can be calculated to the exact USD value (based on mark to market prices at harvest)
◆ Ecologically friendly components
◆ According to Investment Property Databank (www.ipd.com) "Forestry was the best performing asset class in 2007, delivering average profits in excess of 31.6%."
Up to this point, direct and private participation in this area consists of only 1% of all timber portfolios – a highly shielded opportunity that has been very complex (and expensive) to access up until this point.
◆ The past decades has found timber to be one of the best asset classes to possess
◆ Low risk and medium to high returns
◆ Extremely high and increasing demand from markets
◆ US Pension schemes and mutual funds have included this sector in their portfolios for dozens of years
◆ Harvard University has included upwards of 12% of their endowment funds in agarwood |
