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Foreign investment bound for South Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
The South Australian government is continuing to promote its $21 billion agriculture industry to foreign investors via an innovative online portal and through wider budget initiatives. The portal, AgInsight South Australia, was launched in August 2015 ...

BetaShares rolls out global sector ETF suite

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... Exxon, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Total. Further global sector ETFs will follow, including products targeting agriculture, healthcare, gold and banks. Commenting on the launch, BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said: "According to the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... [Development Budget Coordination Committee] GDP growth projection of 6.8% to7.8 percent for full year 2016, despite the weak agriculture and fishery sector". The latest growth figures present both a windfall (a strong start) and a challenge (to beat) ...

QIC makes first agribusiness acquisition

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... an 80% controlling interest in the North Australian Pastoral Company (NAP). The agreement marks QIC's first major agriculture acquisition since announcing its agribusiness strategy and intention to grow the "beef industry to meet new Asian demand" at ...

Agriculture ripe for institutional picking

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... billion. The numbers are solid but are they enough to further convince local institutional investors that Australian agriculture is ripe for investment? BDO executive director corporate finance and agribusiness specialist, Margaux Beauchamp, says agriculture ...

Aussie agtech the focus for US fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... firm has announced it is fundraising in Australia as part of a final closing for its US$150 million fund investing in agriculture technology. The Finistere Ventures II fund is targeting Australian institutional investors, family offices and high net ...

ETF Securities closes 10 ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
ETF Securities has closed 10 funds, signalling a maturing of Australia's growing ETF sector. The ETFS Agriculture, All Commodities, Copper, Corn, Natural Gas, Grain, Industrialised Metals, Energy, Brent Crude and Wheat funds have all been wound up. ...

Kim Morison joins Blue Sky Alternative Investments board

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... Assets business with responsibilities across the company's assets portfolios, including water, water infrastructure and agriculture. Commenting on the appointment, Blue Sky's chairman John Kain said: "Kim has led our Real Assets business for the last ...

Financial services adding more to economy than mining

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... Australia's fastest growing industry over the past two decades. At 9.3% of the national economy, it is larger than mining, agriculture or manufacturing. Financial services is a major employer in the Australian economy accounting for 3.8% or 451,000 Australian ...

Blue Sky lifts profits

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... will be found. "Our focus in recent years on the essentials - food, water, education, housing, student accommodation, agriculture and infrastructure - has been the key to this performance." Blue Sky is Australia's only listed fund manager focused on ...