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Perpetual wins RE mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... administrative services. Melbourne-based goFARM Asset Management focuses on high-growth investment opportunities in Australian agriculture. Perpetual Corporate Trust general manager of managed fund services Vicki Riggio said the listed agricultural sector ...

Boutique equities manager raising $4 million

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... globalisation, energy, disruptive technology, the rise of the individual (rising middle class in developed areas), and agriculture food and water. Seer Asset Management has launched a wholesale offer of $4 million through converting preference shares. ...

Chief economist update: Laissez faire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... trade protectionism has exacerbated this trip further away from the principle of "laissez faire". The US Department of Agriculture has reportedly announced a US$12 billion short-term aid program to help farmers impacted by China's retaliatory tariffs. ...

Independent planning firm jumps into agriculture

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... capital. So, they are not put off by the prospect of an illiquid asset with a 10-year life." "We are attracted to agriculture because it has low correlation to other assets and it has a number of economic tailwinds behind it. Australian primary producers ...

Agricultural asset manager promotes new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
... continuing it or winding it up. The fund is eyeing an annual gross yield of 4.5%. Growth Farms invests in Australian agriculture for HNWIs, family offices and institutional investors through separately managed accounts and unlisted funds. The nearly ...

FirstChoice adds natural resources strategy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... management. Janus Henderson said its fund was a high conviction strategy of equities focusing on mining, energy and agriculture. The firm also highlighted the breadth of scale available to its team given the global nature of the fund; a factor it says ...

Agriculture investment under parliament microscope

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... Australia's agricultural sector are now the subject of a Federal Parliament inquiry. The house standing committee on agriculture and water resources will accept submissions to the inquiry as the parliament aims to find a solution to what has historically ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Water risk is becoming a threat to Australia's $56 billion agriculture industry, forcing producers to modify practices and compelling investors to find new means to de-risk portfolios. Institutional investors' growing interest in agribusiness is a boon ...

Chief economist update: View from the National Farmers' Federation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... (NFF) general manager, trade and economics, Scott Kompo-Harms for taking time to respond to my piece on the Australian agriculture industry published on this page yesterday titled, " Malcolm puts agriculture in the middle ". We had a telephone conversation ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... still some months away from agreeing on their opening negotiation position" but Australia is shovel-ready except for agriculture. "The agreement must address the very restrictive farm tariffs and quotas that our farmers currently face," Malcolm is expected ...