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Macquarie unveils green ambitions in New York

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... world's largest infrastructure manager at $120.2 billion. Further, MIRA is approaching final close of $1 billion on an agricultural fund which will target improved on-farm energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions through sustainable farm management. ...

Rural FM dupes investors: Short-seller

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
An activist short-seller has valued Rural Funds Management's agricultural fund as "ultimately worthless," alleging it is falsifying accounts and over-inflating assets. Bonitas is accusing RFM, the responsible entity for ASX-listed Rural Funds Group ...

Chief economist update: Look out below

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... the ante. The yuan's depreciation comes on top of the Chinese government's move to suspend imports of US agricultural products and threats to retroactively impose tariffs on US farm produce purchased after August 3 this year. China's response ...

Modern slavery rife across sectors: Fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... practise is deeply embedded, according to a fund manager. Ausbil head of ESG research Mans Carlsson-Sweeny said the agricultural sector, nail salons, car wash businesses and labour hire companies are some of the "hot spots" where modern-day slavery is ...

Super fund reinforces savings with timber, agriculture

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... demand for seasonal produce," Rundle said. "Over the past 10 years, LGIAsuper's alternative investments, including our agricultural assets, have provided solid investment returns and superior diversification benefits for Queenslanders."

Pinnacle partners with former Blue Sky executives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... strategic support of Pinnacle and look forward to working closely with them as we grow the firm to the benefit of agricultural sector investors." "At RCP, we focus on investments backed by real assets that are critical to the production of essential ...

NAB needs 500 staff for remediation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... implementing changes. The positive changes he listed included the bank's decision not to charge default interest to agricultural customers impacted by drought, the creation of a board customer committee to ensure fair products and evaluate customer feedback ...

Chief economist update: The Fed should act now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... I was an economics student, I never much cared about economic history. What good does economic history offer? The agricultural revolution gave way to the revolution in industry and now... the tech revolt. Surely, things and the way of doing things have ...

Canadian pension fund manager dumps Blue Sky

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... Investment Board (PSP Investments) since December 2017, assisting in the deployment of capital across a number of agricultural investments. PSP Investments has decided to manage those investments directly with its local operating partners from March ...

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... sort of deal - to postpone the tariffs or maybe in some time, to get a lighter agreement on Chinese purchases of agricultural goods, energy and foreign investment rules," Thawley said. "What we also know right now is that any deal will not fix the trade ...