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The primary strategic focus of IFS is to identify opportunities for investors to diversify their portfolios through the acquisition of forestry land and plantations. By professionally managing these assets, our investors achieve superior predictable returns in a tax efficient manner over the medium to long term in a socially responsible manner.
Protection and enhancement of the investor’s wealth is of primary importance in the IFS asset investment selection strategy which includes the following criteria:
• | Geopolitical, Economic and Environmental Stability | • | Land tenure | • | Forestry related taxes | • | Optimal species selection, age class and area | • | Availability of quality land to acquire | • | Present and future market outlets for timber | • | Availability of local professional management expertise | • | Professional forest management standards |
IFS is also takes account of non-forestry timber benefits such as Carbon Credits and Biofuels, the leasing of land to utility companies (telecommunication masts) and the sale of sites for development purposes and other complimentary land use activity such as windfarms.
Our successful track record has enabled us to develop a unique and extensive international network of partners to assist IFS in sourcing, evaluating, acquiring, structuring and managing superior forestry assets for our investors. Why Forestry?Forestry is an ideal medium long-term investment that provides the following benefits: • | Asset-backed – ownership of land and forests | • | Alternative asset – forestry has low correlation with equities and bonds | • | Ideal hedge against inflation – timber can be “stored on the stump”, ie timber stock continues growing | • | Predictable returns – forest growth is highly predictable and organic growth increases value regardless of the economic environment | • | Through strong management a significant level of diversification can be achieved through: | | | - Differing timberland ages; | | | - Geographic regions; |
| | - A globally diversified portfolio of tree species including: |
| | - Conifers – spruce, lodgepole pine, etc; |
| | - Tropical hardwoods – teak, amarillo, mahogany; |
| | - End markets – from low value pulp up to premium value timber uses. |
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