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Small caps soar amid accelerated revolution

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... (ASX: CYC) and Immutep (ASX: IMM). WAM has benefited from the small cap rally by investing in quality companies in agriculture and those likely to benefit from easing restrictions, Oberg said. "We have played the agriculture sector through Graincorp ...

Rest pays out $1bn, calls for policy certainty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... cropping farms in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and WA, and are looking to commit a further $500 million to expand our agriculture portfolio during the next five years." Doyle said the amount withdrawn by Rest members remains significantly below the fund's ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... Sectors with relatively low risk of reducing dividends are food retailers, telecommunication companies, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, technology, regulated utilities, iron ore and gold producers.

Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... society, but also to the companies we invest in. They include the decline in biodiversity, the importance of sustainable agriculture, protecting water resources and global climate change." Fidelity International, which introduced a proprietary ESG rating ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... adverts based not only on interests but also on means and wealth." The report also outlines massive disruption to the agriculture and transport industries, with new technologies like IoT changing the way we produce food and travel. The regulatory environment ...

Aussie stocks burnt in blaze

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... Australia burns, so too does the bottom line of our listed companies, with real implications for our retail, insurance, agriculture and transport sectors. The Australian economy is also not without risk, with many economists predicting that the bushfire ...

Insto investors confused by environmental equities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... Management. Impax is focussed on opportunistic strategies in alternative energy, energy efficiency, water, waste, food and agriculture related markets. Jenkyn-Jones is based in the UK and was in Australia to speak with wholesale investors about BNP Paribas' ...

Another winter of Australian discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2019
It would be the winter of discontent for Australia's agriculture sector if Rabobank's latest 'Australian Winter Crop Outlook' report is any guide. The specialist agribusiness bank predicts that the country's national harvest would ...

Former adviser cops 12 years in jail

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... unregistered managed investment scheme. The fund was supposed to diversify across cash, property, shares, aquaculture and agriculture; however its only investment was in the abalone farm operated by other entities Jayaweera controlled. According to ASIC ...

Macquarie unveils green ambitions in New York

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... with energy grids. "We are increasingly broadening our focus by seeking new solutions to emissions reduction across agriculture, waste and real estate and working to ensure our infrastructure investments are more climate resilient."