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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... higher Australian dollar, lower sales and margins and bad weather. In other news on Tuesday, beef producer Australian Agricultural Company raised $56.3 million from an oversubscribed placement to institutions and sophisticated investors. The company's ...

Buying op

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... website, Kerr "has been trading commodities since 1989" and "currently manages the Cane Garden Capital institutional agricultural fund." And then there was Arabianbusiness.com quoting Matthew Simmons -- chairman and founder of specialised energy investment ...

Good advisers can save clients from tax crackdown

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... help clients by refocusing them on making money after tax and costs, which is their real objective. In the past, agricultural tax avoidance schemes canvassed the financial planning industry, potentially making planners a target for the tax office crackdown. ...

RBA worries not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2011
... will spike in the March quarter because "Production losses due to weather are temporarily raising prices for some agricultural produce... but these prices should fall back later in the year." This was how Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glen ...

AMP denies NZ takeover intentions

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... companies develops, markets, and distributes technical polymer products for a variety of specialist industrial and agricultural applications.

Bulls take first quarter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... that would trigger a tsunami, cause a meltdown in its nuclear reactors and contaminate its sea, drinking water and agricultural produce with radioactive contamination. New Zealand and Australia too will be hit by natural disasters. Christchurch will ...

Commodities rising

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... close of last week's trading, commodity prices appreciated by 37.1 per cent, led by the 51.1 per cent increase in agricultural commodities - a reflection of the increased demand from the growing middle class in the booming emerging markets. Precious ...

Oil at US$300

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2011
... website Kerr " has been trading commodities since 1989" and "currently manages the Cane Garden Capital institutional agricultural fund." I'll see your US$300 and raise you US$378! Arabianbusiness.com quoted Matthew Simmons -- chairman and founder of ...

Rise of 'climate sensitive' asset allocation: Mercer

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... actually require funds to increase allocation to 'climate sensitive assets', such as real estate, infrastructure, agricultural land and timberland, the report found. "Rather than the typical response of a flight towards bonds and low return assets, our ...

Yakety yak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... "Keeping in mind the impact of this volatility on food security, we reiterated the need for long-term investment in the agricultural sector in developing countries." Got that? They reiterated! Yes, they did. They also welcomed, encouraged, called on ...