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Private equity manager secures insto mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017
... division - will be implemented across all of Blue Sky's real assets strategies including agribusiness private equity, agricultural infrastructure and Australian water entitlements. In a statement on the ASX Blue Sky described the mandate as being representation ...

Energy fuels US cross-border inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... market expectations for a 0.3% gain and was propelled by a 7.7% surge in energy prices but the more closely-watched agricultural export prices dropped by 0.3%. The latest figure takes the year-on-year growth rate in export prices up to 1.1% -- the first ...

Macquarie Infrastructure buys rail business

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... presence in the Hunter Valley coal supply chain in New South Wales, complementing the firm's existing intermodal, agricultural and mining business in South Australia and the Northern Territory. MIRA has assets under management of US$104 billion invested ...

Unlisted ag funds hit $22bn

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... by fundraising since 2011, which saw 77 agriculture funds close and raise a total of $16 billion. North American agricultural assets dominate the market, representing 35% of capital raised by these funds; 27% were multi-region focused and $300 million ...

Agricultural investors create $10 million VC fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
A joint agricultural investment initiative between diversified financial services group Findex and the National Farmers' Federation is progressing toward the launch of a $10 million venture capital fund. The fund, created by joint venture SproutX and ...

Super funds must harvest farmland

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... equity markets. So there's strong diversification there. There's also a high correlation with inflation so we think agricultural assets are driven by fundamentals and able to perform well," Goodreds said. For the past three years TIAA has invested in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... lower ordering activity and exports for the month. Input prices continue to climb and some weakness in the mining and agricultural (dairy) industries are flowing through to manufacturers. Some manufacturers stated that reductions in government spending ...

BetaShares grows suite with two new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... exposure across the dynamic global healthcare industry." FOOD aims to track the performance of the largest global agricultural firms outside of Australia. "As the world grows in size, today's existing large agricultural firms appear well placed to benefit ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... meeting. According to the RBI, "The momentum of growth is expected to be quickened by the normal monsoon raising agricultural growth and rural demand, as well as by the stimulus to consumption spending that can be expected from the disbursement of pay ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... Indonesia's middle class is expected to expand to 135 million by 2020 this represents a huge opportunity for Australia's agricultural and services exports. Two-way trade between Australia and Indonesia is currently valued at about $11 billion, according ...