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Hastings names new UTA portfolio managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
... Flagstaff Partners and was based in Melbourne with responsibility for developing opportunities in infrastructure and agriculture. Mitsch joined Flagstaff in 2014 after working as a senior advisor with a number of investment banks in New York including ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... fund is increasingly mindful of the flow on ramifications of deploying capital. "Recently we've been investing in agriculture, we've been looking at things like venture capital, and development and construction because we know that all these spaces will ...

OPINION: Super is Murray's big rock

ANDREW BRAGG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... Clearly defining super will also stop future thought bubbles that super is for housing, infrastructure or compulsory agriculture investment. It will protect super against the latest crazy idea. Secondly, competitive tensions need to increase. Superannuation ...

Rusting still

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... the reserve requirement ratio by 50 bps to 17.5% for big banks (and another 50 bps for qualifying banks that support agriculture and small businesses) effective 24 October - still unconfirmed reports that the government, at its fifth plenum, is lowering ...

90 West founder steps down

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... interests. Landale founded 90 West in 2008, managing an absolute return fund which invested across mining, energy and agriculture. He brought David Whitten into the business in 2012, launching the fund now known as the Henderson Global Natural Resources ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... reserve requirement ratio reduced by 50 bps to 17.5% for big banks (and another 50 bps for qualifying banks that support agriculture and small businesses); and the ceiling on all bank deposit rates completely removed (whereas, previously it only allowed ...

The case for super investing in agriculture

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... Asia's rising middle class are partly reasons for Australian superannuation funds to be investing in the country's agriculture industry. Yet recent research commissioned by BDO and conducted by The University of Queensland Business School showed less ...

Super fund goes nuts for returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
First State Super has hinted at further investment in Australia's agriculture industry after purchasing a major stake in almond orchards, the country's highest grossing horticultural export. Yesterday Select Harvests Limited (SHV) announced to the Australian ...

Agribusiness fund launched by former Telstra Super exec

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... superannuation funds and private investors. Headed by former Telstra Super executive Robert Talevski and professional agriculture investor Summer Yan, ASURO Group is looking both locally and offshore for private market investment opportunities. Talevski ...

Australian alternatives assets top $250 billion

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... assets is still a relatively new class and while there are many offerings in the Australian market (particularly in agriculture) investors remain somewhat cautious about opportunities in this sector. That said, there are some signs of increasing interest ...