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Water an alternative with yield

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... is inherently limited. World Bank estimates predict that demand for food will rise 50% by 2030, pushed up by population growth, rising affluence and changing diets. Food prices globally in July this year were up 6% on 2011, as shown by the World Bank's ...

Ecofin Australia wins sustainable mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... transition to global efficiency that will be ongoing, underpinned by key thematic drivers such as climate change, population growth and food, water and energy security." Ecofin's product, the Ecofin Global Efficiency Fund, is invested globally, leveraging ...

Quantum launches US residential fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... undertook a thorough analysis of the economic and demographic make-up of the top 25 US cities. It considered population growth, jobs growth, state GDP versus national GDP, housing affordability, vacancy rates, and infrastructure, and through a process ...

Stocks rally hard as Australia deemed a bargain buy

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011
... it is generally greater than 80%," he said. "We have monetary and fiscal levers, a strong balance sheet and population growth... of three to four million people in the next 10 years," he said. US equities rose overnight with Wall Street posting 4% gains ...

Asian private wealth tops Europe

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
... set to pour more money back into equities and commodities 2012. Asia-Pacific posted the strongest rate of HNWI population growth in 2010 with 3.3 million now qualifying, a rise of 9.7% from the previous year. The new figures come from Merrill Lynch Global ...

Food profits to rise: Macquarie

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... Macquarie in the top 10 owners of Australian land by area. Increasing demand in years ahead would be driven by population growth and increasingly affluent emerging markets such as China increasing their taste for protein, he told reporters. But all food ...

CBA wealth arm boosts profits

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... periods respectively. It has $15 billion of funds under management and has been looking to global trends including population growth, demand for biofuels and the emerging 'middle class' to make a return for investors CBA said that life insurance subsidiary ...

CFSGAM wins $30m mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... into their investment strategies," Hughes said. In June, CFSGAM said it would look to global trends including population growth, demand for biofuels and the emerging 'middle class' to make a return for investors. Shortly after it launched its CFSGAM ...

AustralianSuper seizes infra leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... flashpoint political issue during the election following realisation that the backlash in swing electorates against population growth is heavily linked to poor levels of infrastructure spending and planning by State governments. But this is just the ...

Nothing to fear in hung parliament

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... sector could be indirectly affected even if the electorate is crying out for infrastructure spending to match population growth corridors - projects that would require at least some level of investment support from the institutional sector. Former politician ...