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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 ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... attractive, and Asia continues to offer growth prospects for the Australian economy, particularly in sectors such as agriculture, education, tourism, health and financial services," Blythe said.

CBA partners to finance clean energy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... adding value to their brand and improving their productivity. "In particular, we see huge potential for the transport, agriculture and construction industries to realise major benefits from upgrading to energy efficient technologies, including fuel efficient ...

Unlisted ag funds hit $22bn

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
The unlisted agriculture fund sector has hit $22 billion in assets under management, according to Preqin research. This makes agriculture now the second-biggest industry in the natural resources fund sector behind energy. This was largely driven by ...

Canadian instos approved for Aussie ag investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... now have regulatory approval to acquire 49% of the Australian arm of diversified natural resource company Glencore Agriculture. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it will not oppose the proposed acquisitions of a 40% and 9.99% ...

Agricultural investors create $10 million VC fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... capital fund. The fund, created by joint venture SproutX and supported by Artesian Venture Partners, will invest in agriculture technology startups across the entire sector. It will also back a SproutX agtech accelerator program to be launched in 2017. ...

Super funds must harvest farmland

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... global real assets manager believes there are significant tailwinds for institutional investors placing capital in agriculture over the coming years, provided the approach is diversified and global. TIAA Global Real Assets managing director John Goodreds ...

Low rates signify opportunity for reinvesting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... changing all the time." Comegys highlighted that there are some industries showing resilience, such as high-quality agriculture for export to China and the rest of the world, world class education "for the citizens of the world to take advantage of" ...

BetaShares grows suite with two new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... has launched two new exchange traded funds to give investors low-cost diversified exposure to global healthcare and agriculture stocks. The new funds are BetaShares Global Healthcare ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: DRUG) and the BetaShares Global Agriculture ...