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Farm land a viable alternative

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... due-diligence to get right, said Connolly. Populations are growing around the world, along with the demand for food. But supply is decreasing, leaving investments in farm land well placed to cash-in on "upward pressure on valuations," she said. The key ...

China FDI flow slows, and?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... China's Commerce Ministry attributed the fall in FDI inflows to competition for investors from India and Brazil, tighter land supply and rising labour costs but it was confident that this would only be temporary. The Ministry is not wrong there. For ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... any clearer picture of US economic growth. Earnings news from retailers steered much of the action, with shares in office supply chain Staples plunging 14.6 per cent on its poor results and outlook. At the closing bell, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial ...

Unique investment opportunity in water

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... points out that the price of Australian water as defined by the entitlements market is set purely by global demand and supply forces with no external influence and is an in-perpetuity real asset akin to property from a legal perspective. Global investors ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2012
... would close its Kurnell refinery. S&P said it was concerned about Caltex possibly needing to raise money for its proposed supply chain restructure, saying such a move could pressure the company's credit metrics in the next few years. Billabong shares ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... would close its Kurnell refinery. S&P said it was concerned about Caltex possibly needing to raise money for its proposed supply chain restructure, saying such a move could pressure the company's credit metrics in the next few years. Billabong shares ...

Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... earnings estimates and QE, markets have only given a fleeting glance on the escalating prices of agricultural commodities on supply disruptions. The S&P GSCI Agricultural spot price index has surged by 39.6% -- the highest in 13 months -- from the 2012 ...

Babson Capital gaining traction

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... investors to get access to deal flow, said Wheeler. Wheeler said that the Australian market favored investors because of supply and demand characteristics, and the company's move into the Asia-Pacific would see more credit available in Australia, which ...

ACCC clears Hastings offer

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... significant interest in both of the pipelines servicing Adelaide and that this would substantially lessen competition in the supply of gas transmission pipeline services and ancillary services," said Rod Sims, ACCC chairman. "After careful consideration ...

Aust real estate investors staying home

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... more likely to invest in domestic markets because of Australia's more resilient economic base. She said the core issue is supply, or lack of it, creating the potential for valuation growth. "In terms of the supply backdrop in Australia we haven't seen ...