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Super fund goes nuts for returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... nature of our investment means that First State Super does not have direct exposure to the actual operational and agricultural production risks. Returns are based around the leasing arrangement and capital growth and that means we are not relying on ...

Philanthropists donate $6.2m through Perpetual

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... Philanthropy Partnership grants fund programs focused on legal counseling, medical research, youth education and agricultural advancement, as well as technology-enabled community health and rehabilitation services. "These projects are often considered ...

Agribusiness fund launched by former Telstra Super exec

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... population, economic growth and the ongoing urbanisation trend will drive food demands. Demand for food and other agricultural goods and services will double over the next generation," Talevski said. Yan said an emphasis for ASURO Group is leveraging ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... The economy is robust now, with strong domestic demand and low unemployment. That exports are primarily made up of agricultural products is not the main reason for the growth differential relative to Australia, suggests Van der Welle. "You have to see ...

Fidante buys UK alternatives manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... renewable energy specialist Resonance Asset Management; social housing investor Horizon Infrastructure Partnership; and Agricultural Asset Management Limited, which focuses on agricultural investments in the US and the UK. Dexion Capital also manages ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... before the extension of sanctions. As for the EU, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) prints that Russia's ban on European agricultural exports last summer, "has cost European firms around a,-5 billion ($5.7 billion) in lost sales". But we'll worry about this ...

New Zealand dollar closes in on Aussie

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
... when government controls over rates were dropped. New Zealand's economy has benefitted from strong Asian demand for agricultural products while a further slide in the iron ore price to $47 has hurt Australia. Downward pressure on the Australian dollar ...

'Patient' Party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... the WTI jumping by 3.2%. COMEX gold and silver prices went up by 1.7% and 2.7%, respectively. So did the prices of agricultural commodities, livestock and most soft commodities. There's a thousand and one different reasons currently being put forward/being ...

Easing here, there and everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... This would take the RRR down to 19.5% for big banks and 18.5% for small banks (and, according to Bloomberg, the "Agricultural Development Bank of China gets an extra cut of 4 percentage points."). The move is expected to add liquidity into the system ...

90 West Global Natural Resources awarded two ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
... manager 90 West Asset Management. It seeks to provide investors with diversified exposure to the mining, energy and agricultural sectors. The fund's investment philosophy combines both top-down and bottom-up approaches. 90 West and Henderson Global Investors ...