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Industry fund adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... Harker said she looks forward to helping build the retirement savings of Prime Super members, which mostly work in agriculture, horticulture, health, education, aged care and recruitment.

CBA profit takes hit, dividend cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... have supported the economy, there is a strong pipeline of infrastructure projects, and the outlook for mining and agriculture exports is strong." Comyn said he expects the bank's operational performance to remain strong, despite the current challenging ...

LGS certified carbon neutral

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... "They also raise living standards through clean water and solar energy as well as introducing innovations into local agriculture," Yip said. LGS' head office, situated in Sydney, is part of its property portfolio which was the first to be certified carbon ...

Perpetual wins government fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and other Pacific Islands. It will invest across a variety of sectors including agriculture, healthcare, education, financial inclusion and clean energy, according to DFAT. It will not offer grants and instead use ...

Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... were investing across multiple sectors, including aged care, affordable housing, and direct lending to business and agriculture. The survey has also revealed the funds are venturing into new investment opportunities across many sectors - ploughing billions ...

Amazon launches climate VC fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... including transportation and logistics, energy, storage and utilisation, manufacturing, circular economy, and food and agriculture. Amazon believes it is on the path to run 100% on renewable energy by 2025, five years ahead of schedule. It has announced ...

PrimeWest acquires asset manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... Management which is the manager to the REIT Vitalharvest Freehold Trust (VTH), which currently has $275 million of agriculture property assets including the largest aggregation of berry and citrus farms which are 100% leased to listed horticulture giant ...

Small caps soar amid accelerated revolution

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... (ASX: CYC) and Immutep (ASX: IMM). WAM has benefited from the small cap rally by investing in quality companies in agriculture and those likely to benefit from easing restrictions, Oberg said. "We have played the agriculture sector through Graincorp ...

Rest pays out $1bn, calls for policy certainty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... cropping farms in Victoria, NSW, Queensland and WA, and are looking to commit a further $500 million to expand our agriculture portfolio during the next five years." Doyle said the amount withdrawn by Rest members remains significantly below the fund's ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... Sectors with relatively low risk of reducing dividends are food retailers, telecommunication companies, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, technology, regulated utilities, iron ore and gold producers.