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Allrise Financial Group is a private equity direct lending and investment company and they have just made their way to the Biggest Little City! On March 23rd, Allrise held a ribbon cutting in honor of the grand opening of their branch in Reno. The Reno + Sparks Chamber of Commerce Director of Member Engagement, Taylor Russo, presented Chairman and Founder, Vladimir Evseev, and Chief Operations Officer, Yulia Efimkin, with the official certificate of membership into the chamber. What happened after the presentation was unlike any other ribbon cutting before...

With custom cocktails, local lamb and an interactive pulled mozzarella station, guests enjoyed food and drinks provided by the talented Chef Mark Estee with Liberty Food & Wine Exchange. Food stations weren’t the only entertainment for the Allrise staff and their guests. Local Reno band The Novelists provided lively musical entertainment of both covers and original songs. A branded TapSnap photobooth was available for guests to take photos and save the memories of such a great day for Allrise Financial Group and the Reno branch. Nevada Premier Valet assisted guests in parking their vehicles and ensuring everyone got to the event in a timely manner!

The highlight of the event was a performance by a new Russian Cirque Du Soleil show (coming to Las Vegas soon) called Intrigue Shows. Creative Director, Sasha Ivanov creators brought a compelling world class acrobatic performance symbolizing the grand opening of Allrise. Three performers captivated the audience with acrobatics, dance and contortion in just a matter of minutes. The climax of the performance was when the contortionist stood upside down on a 5ft tall pole and shot a bow and arrow with her feet into a balloon placed across the room.

Prior to joining Allrise Financial Group, Inna Zhuranskaya was a managing director and the head of real estate debt opportunities in the UK office of Sterne Agee, a 100-year old privately-owned US financial services firm with $26 bn under management. The role comprised of commercial, residential and corporate real estate transactions across the EMEA region. She takes on the role of CEO at Allrise and is responsible for its strategic direction and growth as well as achieving the financial returns for her shareholders.

.. Allrise started several years ago as a Debt specialist in the US and has grown its business and diversified into investment in real estate equity. The company now has five offices in the US and is involved in several businesses including residential development in California, aircraft engineering in UAE, SME and factoring business in Russia and Ukraine, with a new real estate lending arm is about to launch in CEE. There are also two other categories we cover which include investment in IT and blockchain companies. ..

However, the sector I would like to draw your attention to is the one often missed from the discussions – it is suitable farmland. Environmental sleuths predict that by 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas plagued by water scarcity, with two-thirds of the world’s population living in water-stressed regions. As fresh water is not an easily tradable commodity, the ways to invest will be either through water infrastructure (such as pipework and desalination equipment), water right or arable land. Investment in the ageing infrastructure might be more obvious but less exciting investment target as the returns are not immediately obvious.

Alternatively, I would suggest investing in in water-rich farmland. As famous investor Michael Burry, once stated “food is the way to invest in water. That is, grow food in water-rich areas and transport it for sale in water-poor areas”.

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