Forest Enterprises is proud to provide the opportunity for you to invest in a sustainable, productive future for New Zealand.
Our recent investment offers are outstanding second-rotation Radiata pine forests in our home region of Wairarapa, ninety minutes from Wellington city. We’ve managed this established forest land for decades, through to the recent profitable harvest of the first rotation crop.
These were New Zealand’s first two forestry Managed Investment Schemes to be promoted under the new financial markets regime.
Wairarapa Group Investment – Offer Closed
The Wairarapa Group Forest Investment comprises a total of 970 net stocked hectares of high quality forestry, across 3 geographically separate second-rotation forest properties in the Wairarapa.
The minimum initial investment was for 200 shares, for a total projected contribution per 200 shares of $20,647*.
Projected gross return on investment $126,478* and gross IRR 9.21%*
Projected harvest years (income) is 2039-2045.
* Per 200 shares, based on 2% per annum inflation and Forest Enterprises’ 36-month average log price series to 31 March 2020. Refer Product Disclosure Statement.
THIS OFFER IS NOW CLOSED.
Ngatawhai Investment – Offer Closed
Ngatawhai Group Forest Investment is a single forest property in Wairarapa, with 627 net stocked hectares of second-rotation pine forest plus more than 200 hectares of permanent native bush and wetland.
The minimum initial investment was 200 shares, for a total projected gross contribution per 200 shares of $20,797*.
Projected gross return on investment $129,060* and gross IRR 9.33%*
Projected harvest years (income) is 2038-2046.
* Per 200 shares, based on 2% per annum inflation and Forest Enterprises’ 36-month average log price series to 30 June 2019. Refer Product Disclosure Statement.
THIS OFFER IS NOW CLOSED
Why our clients invest in forestry
Whether investing with us for the first time, or an existing client, our investors choose to invest in high-quality forestry to:
Supplement retirement income like Kiwisaver
Generate future income for their children and grandchildren
Diversify their investment portfolio with a land-based investment
Change the weighting of their portfolio towards sustainability
Directly invest in a renewable resource that reduces atmospheric carbon
“We will definitely be reinvesting in the second rotation and so will our daughter.Of the many investments we have made over the years, none have provided the exemplary communications and well-thought-out plans for the future that Forest Enterprises has.
This has provided us with total trust that you and your team have worked throughout in the best interests of investors – an all-too-rare approach in modern commerce.
Thank you again for the integrity and professionalism you have all shown in managing our forestry investments.”
About our new investments
Our second rotation forestry investments bear the quality hallmarks of Forest Enterprises’ professional investments:
- Managed Investment Schemes (MIS) registered under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
- Full-service investment and forest management is provided by licensed MIS manager, Forest Enterprises
- Structured as Limited Partnerships for limited liability and optimal tax deductibility
- Initial investment and annual contributions set at an affordable level for retail investors
- Harvest profile provides cashflow over multiple years
- Investments include land and trees
- Forest size provides economies of scale, 600+ hectares
- Benefits from second rotation forest characteristics
Benefits of investing in second rotation forestry
The Wairarapa Group and Ngatawhai investments benefit from second rotation forest characteristics, namely that the land is conditioned for pine, it has been replanted with genetically superior tree stock, and harvest infrastructure (road network and log processing areas) is already in place.
The existence of the roading and other infrastructure will materially reduce the related costs for the second rotation harvest. Also, the improved forest access provided by the roading network will considerably assist the management of the forest through to harvest.
- a Radiata pine plantation forest can be successfully established and grown on the land
- it is possible to successfully harvest the forest properties and extract the logs produced to a public road
- the regional distribution infrastructure exists to successfully transport the logs by truck, rail and ship to their ultimate customers
The best practice management of a Radiata pine plantation forest continues to evolve over time. The second rotation forest will be managed in a manner consistent with current best practice and this will contribute further volume and quality gains to the second rotation.
Risk Mitigation
Adverse Event
The larger the forest, the greater the area available to absorb the consequences of adverse events such as wind or fire. The loss of 10 hectares in a 10-hectare forest represents total devastation; in a 250 hectare forest a material loss; but in a 600+ hectare forest the impact is relatively immaterial.
Market Exposure
The larger the forest (and the wider the spread of age classes), the longer the time in the market. The longer the time in the market, the greater the likelihood that the average log prices achieved will represent the long run average prices. Equally important is the increasing irrelevance of the day-to-day log prices, especially the inevitable periods of low prices, as these are likely to be balanced by periods of high prices. An additional benefit from a group forest structure is that complimentary age classes will extend the harvest profile and consequently enhance the mitigation of market exposure risk.
Cost Savings
Harvest Cost Savings
Harvest cost benefits arise when long-term arrangements can be put in place with the harvesting service providers (loggers, truckers etc). The long-term continuity of work for these service providers can remove from their prices the risk of down time from work, or having to invest time securing future work. Also, harvest costs such as the cost of resource consents and the cost of shifting equipment to the forest, are less of a financial burden the larger the forest.
Fixed Investment Cost Savings
The fixed investment related costs such as the financial and forest audits, Supervisor’s fees, and financial markets compliance fees, are less of a financial burden the larger the investment. Even fees such as rates are proportionately less due to there being just one set of fixed charges.
Forestry is profitable, tangible & sustainable
Forestry is a sustainable, real asset that generates real financial, economic and environmental returns from one generation to the next.
How our investments work
Not all forestry investments are the same. A Forest Enterprises investment is structured to provide investors with control and protection, and managed to maximise efficiencies and returns.