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Blue Sky profits underscore alternatives opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... for diversification their portfolios through opportunities that simply aren't available in public markets - water, agriculture, student accommodation and so on - and which, if you look at the data, have a track record of generating higher returns than ...

Aussie agriculture reaches new highs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Agriculture Census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlights opportunities for institutional investors as the total value of Australia's agriculture production continues to rise. During 2015-16, the gross value of Australian agriculture ...

Agriculture high on industry fund agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Australian superannuation funds could take the country's agriculture sector to the next level in global competitiveness but they will need help in doing so. Industry Super Australia has published a discussion paper that responds to calls for the $2 ...

Tech industry opens niche markets for advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... side of the equation, financial advisers should review their financial plans for clients in the mining, printing, agriculture, construction and healthcare industries. According to the report, the first wave of digital disruption happened in 'knowledge ...

Employers urged to fund workers' financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... willing to split the costs of medical or health insurance with their employer. Traditionally male industries such as agriculture, construction and fishing may offer life and disability cover, whereas female-dominated industries, such as health and community ...

Fund manager appoints managing director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... South-East Asia, and offers funds across venture capital, private equity, listed equities, fixed income, real estate and agriculture.

Super funds support PRI statement on slavery

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... victims of modern slavery. In Australia migrant workers are found in forced labour across a number of sectors including agriculture, construction, and hospitality, the PRI said. In its statement the PRI referred to 2016 news reports where three major ...

DomaCom signs global agriculture crowdfunding deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... historic returns. DomaCom chief officer Arthur Naoumidis says the group is "enormously proud" to sign off on its first agriculture crowdfunding project, which has taken about two months to conclude. "It's our understanding that this is the first crowdfunding ...

Former QBE chief joins NSW insurance fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... Re and has held other roles at Sydney Re, QBE Re in London, Australian Eagle Insurance and the Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture. Bhatia said: "In Tim, we find a wealth of experience as an insurance CEO, senior executive and company director ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... November. For others, competition from imports continued to constrain business while the flow-through from conditions in agriculture is having mixed outcomes, with positive effects from the increased value of cattle and negative effects from depressed ...