Emergent Asset Management

Vanderbilt Out of Africa
March 19, 2013
By Osita Nwanevu   Tennessee students win a divestment fight–even though the school won’t admit it.  
Earth Matters: Land Grabs
February 22, 2013
Vanderbilt University Divests from "Land Grab" in Africa
February 13, 2013
February 13, 2013 PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release   Contact: Zach Blume, Student Organizer, Vanderbilt Responsible Endowment Campaign zach.blume@vanderbilt.edu / (401) 714-3118 Rose Espinola, National Organizer, Responsible Endowments Coalition
Vanderbilt Students of Nonviolence host Responsible Endowment Symposium
April 8, 2012
Sam McBride  
Occupy Vanderbilt Wants Answers from Administration
April 9, 2012
Occupy Vanderbilt has sprung up seemingly from no-where. But there’s a story to how those students got angry and decided to take a stand. The students’ seven months of investigation into Vanderbilt’s investment with EMVest, along with years of investigation into Vanderbilt’s investments in HEI Hotels & Resorts, play a large role in that.
Land Grabbing: All In the Name of Food Security?
March 29, 2012
Gautam Prateek   Some call it “new colonialism”, while some others call it “land grab” and “land rush”. There are many who would not use such pejoratives and would restrict themselves to investments on land, agri-business, foreign direct investment etc. Well, whatever we call it, the issue remains the same. I am referring to the large scale land acquisitions, mainly in the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and South East Asia.
Letter: Publicize Vanderbilt's Investment Research
February 15, 2012
Emergent Asset Management-Matuba
Emergent video
Susan Payne, CEO of Emergent, promoting land investment in Africa. This video was downloaded from the Emergent website on December 20, 2010.  
Land Deal Brief: EmVest Asset Management in Matuba, Mozambique
May 24, 2011
EmVest Asset Management is a joint venture between Emergent Asset Management and Grainvest, a subsidiary of the RussellStone Group. Based out of Pretoria, South Africa, EmVest operates the African Land Fund (ALF) and lists social responsibility as a guiding tenet of its investment strategy, citing a desire to bring “economic uplift to communities through commercially viable, first world practices.”

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