Kiwifruit woos wealthy foreigners with new fund 獼猴桃推出新基金，吸引富裕外國人
Lucrative SunGold kiwifruit may hold the key to unlocking New Zealand residency for wealthy foreigners through the “golden visa”.利潤豐厚的SunGold獼猴桃可能成為富裕外國人通過“黃金簽證”獲得新西蘭居留權(quán)的關(guān)鍵。
Lucrative SunGold kiwifruit may hold the key to unlocking New Zealand residency for wealthy foreigners, through what is being dubbed the “golden visa”.
The government eased the requirements earlier this year for the Active Investor Plus visa to “turbocharge economic growth”, according to Immigration Minister Erica Stanford.
Local fund management firm Greener Pastures launched a new fund targeting investors from abroad with at least $4.8 million (US$2.9m) to invest into the kiwifruit sector, with approval by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.
Dominic Jones, managing director (and also of its parent company Origin Capital Partners) said it managed $225m worth of kiwifruit assets, including around 150 canopy hectares in orchards around Bay of Plenty, by its 250 mostly local investors.
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利潤豐厚的SunGold獼猴桃可能是通過所謂的“黃金簽證”為富有的外國人解鎖新西蘭居留權(quán)的關(guān)鍵。
移民部長埃里卡·斯坦福表示，政府今年早些時候放寬了積極投資者+簽證的要求，以“推動經(jīng)濟(jì)增長”。
當(dāng)?shù)鼗鸸芾砉綠reener Pastures在新西蘭貿(mào)易和企業(yè)部的批準(zhǔn)下，推出了一只新基金，目標(biāo)是海外投資者，投資額至少為480萬美元（290萬美元），用于投資獼猴桃行業(yè)。
董事總經(jīng)理Dominic Jones（也是其母公司Origin Capital Partners的董事總經(jīng)理）表示，該公司管理著價值2.25億美元的獼猴桃資產(chǎn)，其中包括250名主要是當(dāng)?shù)赝顿Y者在豐盛灣周圍果園的約150公頃樹冠。
He said the new fund aimed to capitalise on the sector that had seen “enormous growth” and continued to outperform against other agricultural sectors over recent years.
“In simple terms, if [clients] invest $5m into our funds, it’s a pathway for them to securing residency.
“It gives our clients the ability to meet the investment requirements of the Active Investor Plus visa through investing in one of New Zealand’s most successful industries.”
Funds raised by investors, who must be of good health and character, could contribute to ownership of new or existing orchards or shares in marketer Zespri.
Jones said New Zealand had advantages of good kiwifruit-growing conditions, counter-seasonal supply for the Northern Hemisphere and the single-desk Zespri model.
他說，新基金旨在利用近年來“巨大增長”并繼續(xù)跑贏其他農(nóng)業(yè)部門的行業(yè)。
“簡單來說，如果（客戶）向我們的基金投資500萬美元，這是他們獲得居留權(quán)的途徑。
“它使我們的客戶能夠通過投資新西蘭最成功的行業(yè)之一來滿足積極投資者+簽證的投資要求。”
投資者籌集的資金，必須身體健康、性格端正，才能有助于擁有新的或現(xiàn)有的果園或營銷公司Zespri的股份。
瓊斯說，新西蘭有良好的獼猴桃種植條件、北半球的反季節(jié)供應(yīng)和單桌Zespri模式的優(yōu)勢。
“New Zealand is quite easily the best place in the world to grow kiwifruit, so we can produce a lot more per hectare than other countries around the world,” he said.
“AAnd the big advantage for New Zealand kiwifruit is we are supplying those markets when they can’t supply themselves.”
The fund manager considered other lucrative sectors like mānuka honey or Rockit apples, but Jones said market structures or policy settings posed risks compared to kiwifruit.
“We keep coming back to kiwifruit because it’s consistently outperforming a lot of sectors, really.”
The growth category would require investment of at least $4.8m and three weeks spent in New Zealand over three years by applicants.
Whereas a minimum of $9.7m (US$5.8m) investment would be required for the balanced category and at least 105 days spent in New Zealand over five years.
他說：“新西蘭很容易成為世界上種植獼猴桃的最佳地點，所以我們每公頃的產(chǎn)量比世界上其他國家高得多?！薄?br />
“新西蘭獼猴桃的一大優(yōu)勢是，當(dāng)這些市場無法自給自足時，我們?nèi)栽跒槠涔?yīng)?！?br />
這位基金經(jīng)理考慮了其他利潤豐厚的行業(yè)，如馬努卡蜂蜜或落基蘋果，但瓊斯表示，與獼猴桃相比，市場結(jié)構(gòu)或政策設(shè)置帶來了風(fēng)險。
“我們一直在回歸獼猴桃，因為它一直表現(xiàn)優(yōu)于許多行業(yè)，真的?！?br />
增長類別要求申請人至少投資480萬美元，并在三年內(nèi)在新西蘭度過三周。
而平衡類別至少需要970萬美元（580萬美元）的投資，五年內(nèi)在新西蘭至少度過105天。
Greener Pastures will have new SunGold orchards coming on stream soon in Bay of Plenty.
Within the next year, the firm expected to have five domestic and international funds in operation, four of which were solely in kiwifruit.
It comes as another investor, My Farms, is raising $35m to add to its $200m Kiwifruit fund.
The offer is to pay for expanding its portfolio of kiwifruit orchards in Northland and Bay of Plenty, and to buy more shares in the Zespri.
Chief executive Andrew Watters said kiwifruit was now the fourth-largest primary sector export after dairy, meat and forestry.
綠色牧場將很快在豐盛灣投入使用新的SunGold果園。
在接下來的一年里，該公司預(yù)計將有五只國內(nèi)和國際基金投入運營，其中四只只只投資于獼猴桃。
與此同時，另一家投資者M(jìn)y Farms正在籌集3500萬美元，以增加其2億美元的Kiwifruit基金。
該報價是為了擴(kuò)大其在北國和豐盛灣的獼猴桃果園投資組合，并購買更多Zespri的股票。
首席執(zhí)行官安德魯·沃特斯表示，獼猴桃現(xiàn)在是僅次于乳制品、肉類和林業(yè)的第四大主要出口產(chǎn)品。
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