Olly Hughes talks forestry with the Money Maze Podcast

May 2021

Managing Director, Forestry Olly Hughes joins the Money Maze Podcast to dig deeper into the asset class.

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Olly discusses his journey into asset management – from studying Zoology at Oxford, to becoming involved in asset-backed finance in Asia, before turning to renewables and forestry investing.

He describes the key drivers of forestry investment, including the forces of urbanisation, housing shortage and decarbonisation and also explains the growing institutional interest in the sector, the challenges of supply and the changes in land use and opportunity set.