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Conservative strategies pay for ITC

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
Forestry group ITC banks on its prudent business model to ride the crisis facing the agribusiness sector after Timbercorp and Great Southern went into administration. Adam Redman, spokesperson at ITC, said the firm's key business is forestry, a key ...

ITC targets Gen Y with trees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
Forestry group, ITC, is providing financial planners with access to a managed investment scheme to attract more Generation Y clients. The firm's strategy aims to pay-off Higher Education Scheme (HECS) debt fast, a key financial concern for graduating ...

Timbercorp calls in administrators

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... period. Rod Fitzroy, the group's chairman, told shareholders at the AGM two months ago that the group would sell certain forestry and horticulture assets to repay borrowings. The company also said at the time that it would review its capital-intensive ...

ITC Funds Management expands team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Forestry and timber specialist ITC boosts its Funds Management team with three more executives, each boasting at least 15 years industry experience, as the group ramps up its services for financial planning groups and advisers. Earlier this month, the ...

Instos target water usage

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... companies. "Water sustainability is particularly vital for those companies in water-intensive sectors such as oil and gas, forestry and paper and food and beverages; and many companies face a range of regulatory, reputation and business continuity risks ...

FIRST Super names chief exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
Forestry and furniture employee public super fund, FIRST Super appointed Graeme Russell to chief executive. Both the Pulp & Paper Workers' Superannuation Fund (PPW) and the furniture industry super fund, FIRST, merged into the Timber Industry Superannuation ...

Agribusiness needs careful planning

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2008
... crops. However the tables are turning as the government is closing the lid on most 100 per cent tax deductibility non-forestry investments from next year. "Investing in agribusiness has a role to play but you don't want to overuse them. It's fine to ...

QSuper appoints three GMs

... has worked as an HR practitioner at the Department of Emergency Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, and DPI Forestry. Fletcher is currently authoring a book about contemporary human resource practices. Michelle Baltazar

FPA offers free advice to farmers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2007
... being trialled in the southwest NSW region of Sunraysia. The FPA approached the minister for agriculture, fisheries and forestry, Peter McGauran, in July and together with the Rural Financial Counselling Service Program created a taskforce to develop ...

Gunns fuels CG debate

... surrounding the mill." According to the same statement, the proposed mill will be the largest ever investment in Australia's forestry sector and will add around $6.7 billion, or 2.5 per cent to the Tasmanian economy. Michelle Baltazar