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Super funds missing out on rich returns from Aussie agriculture

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
Global pension funds are increasing investments in Australian agriculture, the nation's second-largest real estate sector, prompting Warakirri Asset Management managing director Jim McKay to question the relative absence of superannuation funds. Warakirri ...

Future Fund hires from ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023
... previously served as a director at AP Capital Special Situations Group in Hong Kong, looking for opportunities in agriculture, technology, and clean energy, arriving from Commonwealth Bank's ECM business. She began her career at AMP Capital Investors ...

Industrials company launches asset management arm

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... director of VAM, with the appointment effective from November 8. At Kaapstad, Lourey managed international food and agriculture investments, advising on businesses ranging from solar desalination and irrigation. He is also the founder of AWARE Water ...

Returns from agriculture a perfect storm of demographics, demand

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... inflation hedging, and ongoing farm consolidation are revolutionising how the world produces food and invests in the agriculture sector. Speaking at the AIST ASI Conference this week, Warakirri Asset Management managing director Jim McKay pointed out ...

Integro Private Wealth acquires Wealth Advantage

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... Australia. "Wealth Advantage has always had exposure in great southern Western Australia, and we're very focused on agriculture in regional areas, so this was a great opportunity for us to reach new clients," he said. It comes as Integro's agricultural ...

QIC buys Packhorse's last pastoral property

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... possible through a "foundational investment from the Queensland government's land restoration fund." In May, Hancock Agriculture bought two of the properties, Ottley Station and Moolan Downs Aggregation.

Integro Private Wealth welcomes GM

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... highlighted that the post-pandemic economy has led to several high-liquidity events, particularly in the mining and agriculture sectors, driving the demand for private wealth services. Integro Private Wealth added: "This appointment marks a significant ...

Ag sector boosts Australia's productivity

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
A new report from the Productivity Commission finds that the agriculture sector is turbocharging the Australian economy well ahead of other industries, thanks to the favourable weather conditions of recent years. The newly released Productivity Commission ...

Commonwealth Bank backs Wollemi Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... Ventures head of Asia Pacific and Australia Paul Hunyor. Wollemi invests in climate solutions businesses in the food and agriculture, energy transition, natural capital, and climate services sectors, as well as reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. ...

Warakirri buys almond farm

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
Warakirri's Diversified Agriculture Fund has made its first exposure to the nut complex, purchasing an almond farm in Victoria. In a $30 million off market deal, the fund's sixth investment is in the Sunraysia region on the Murray River and is one of ...