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Returns from agriculture a perfect storm of demographics, demand

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... attraction for investing in Australian agriculture. "One hundred years of history has shown that farmland and agriculture commodities are one of the true inflation hedges showing very, very low correlation with other mainstream macro influences and investable ...

Latest CPI data provides case for rate pause

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023
... (food, fuel and holidays) prices remain stickier," she said. HSBC chief economist Australia, New Zealand and global commodities Jamie Culling agreed. While dis-inflation is evident across a range of areas, including food, and recreation and culture prices ...

Veteran adviser cops permanent ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023
... promotes trading courses that train traders "how to use our specialised trading robots to trade foreign exchange, commodities and international shares". "I decided to became [sic] a financial adviser in 1989. Since then I have been applying quantitative ...

Major economies buoyed by tight jobs market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... translate through to a clear loosening in the labour market," HSBC chief economist for Australia, New Zealand and global commodities Paul Bloxham said. AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina said Australia's unemployment rate bottomed at a near ...

Global X launches commodities ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
... tracks the Bloomberg Commodity Index 3-Month Forward Excess Return, offering investors access to both soft and hard commodities such as grains, energy, precious metals, metals, and livestock. Global X head of investment strategy Blair Hannon said these ...

Advisers pivot to protect retirees from inflation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... inflation, the report explained. "Emerging from all this commentary were several common themes, including the merits of commodities, infrastructure, real estate, inflation-linked bonds, and alternatives, as inflationary hedges," it found. It also pointed ...

Top ETF megatrends: Global X

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... selection of thematic ETFs alongside core ETFs that track benchmark share and bond market indexes as well as important commodities such as gold is allowing investors to build entire portfolios using ETFs. This is happening as the active funds management ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... grow only 1.8% in 2023 after surging twice as fast by 3.6% in 2022. Partly explaining the downward tilt is that the commodities sector which boomed in 2022 thanks to the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, is now experiencing falling prices for the nation's ...

High returns flow from water rights

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... Australian water entitlements is an effective way to gain diversified exposure to the range of high value irrigated commodities that are being grown in the various irrigation regions across Australia. Through dedicated investment vehicles, investors ...

ASIC cans Binance AFSL

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2023
... 2024. The parent company, Binance Group, is currently in hot water with several overseas regulators. In the US, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission filed a civil enforcement action charging Changpeng Zhao, the group's chief executive, and three ...