Agriculture market stoking £5trn asset bubble, study warns

Jessica Shankleman
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New Oxford University report reveals huge scale of farming assets that could be left stranded by environmental changes

Investors are facing fresh calls to build up the resilience of their agricultural portfolios, after a major new report showed $8trn (£5.2trn) worth of farming assets could become uninsurable owing to environmental...

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