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Super funds countdown to Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
... to prepare, as the fifth round commences on August 6 in Melbourne. The fourth round of hearings, which focused on agricultural financing and interactions between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and financial services providers, wrapped up ...

Agricultural asset manager promotes new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
Growth Farms, the $440 million specialist agricultural asset manager, has launched a new trust-structure fund that will buy rent-generating agricultural properties. Its Australian Agricultural Lease Fund is looking for total investment up to $100 million ...

Agriculture investment under parliament microscope

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
The practical barriers to superannuation investment in 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 ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... climatologists to give an outlook for individual properties and de-risk climate variability in portfolios. Compiling an agricultural portfolio is similar to putting together a share portfolio that looks at correlation between industries - it's the same ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... his face" (if he keeps on insisting). This is because, according to the 'National Farmers' Federation' (NFF), "The agricultural sector, at farm-gate, contributes 3% to Australia's total gross domestic product (GDP). The gross value of Australian farm ...

Chief economist update: Dot tales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... increase in tariffs on Chinese imports this week and that China is already considering slapping higher tariffs on US agricultural exports. Once again, ex-Fed chief Janet Yellen's caution come to mind: "As I have noted on previous occasions, participants' ...

Industry fund buys $7 million beef stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... State Super chief investment officer Damian Graham said the super fund is delighted to be supporting a rural NSW agricultural business as its first investment through the GO NSW Equity Fund. "Our top priority is to deliver sustainable returns to our ...

Blue Sky scores major pension fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... real assets team to deploy capital over a multi-year period." "PSP has a long-term investment horizon, suitable for agricultural-related investment, and a dedicated natural resources team which is focused on developing strong partnerships with best-in-class ...

French giant intensifies action on global warming

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... target. "Consequently we will not be able to meet the unprecedented challenges we face: access to drinking water; an agricultural model that can feed all; or managing migration caused by climate change. And we must meet these challenges without denying ...

Deutsche AM maps impact of climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... infrastructure, how floods could disrupt supply chains, or whether extreme heat affects labour productivity in the agricultural and construction sectors, Deutsche AM said. "The availability of this new data on physical climate risk is a major step forward ...