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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... Turnover was $HK51.54 billion ($A8.16 billion). The index was also helped by gains in Shanghai after regulators approved Agricultural Bank of China's plan to launch an initial public offering (IPO). SHANGHAI - Chinese shares closed higher on Wednesday ...

African dev't needs private equity: Mobius

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... major role in developing Africa's natural resources. Mobius said the investment outlook for Africa is positive as its agricultural products and abundance of water will decide the rise and fall of nations in the future. The problem is the region's capital ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
... 19,378.15 points. Turnover was $HK52.53 billion ($A8.16 billion). Chinese shares closed lower, with concerns that Agricultural Bank of China's initial public offering would reduce liquidity in the market. The Shanghai Composite Index, which covers both ...

Macquarie taps forestry opportunities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2010
Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management has opened Macquarie Forestry Investment 2010 - a project that provides retail investors access to combined investments of both trees and forestry land on which they grow. The offering will be open to investors ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2010
... delivers half year results, and David Jones Ltd releases third quarter sales results. Adelaide Brighton Ltd, Australian Agricultural Co Ltd, OZ Minerals Ltd and Gold One International Ltd hold annual general meetings. Telstra Corporation chief executive ...

Macquarie targets specialist investments

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2010
... and will provide a platform for improved reporting and investment choices. These include structured investments, agricultural investments, 100 per cent lending options, and capital protected products. A spokesperson for Macquarie confirmed that no staff ...

Farmland ripe for the picking

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
... Institutional investors may want to broaden their investment scope to farmland after a report found investments in agricultural property prices have fallen from the pre-crisis highs and may benefit from rising commodity prices. The Cerulli Edge: Global ...

Outback stake on Westscheme radar

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2010
Western Australia-based Westscheme has become a minority shareholder of RM Williams Agricultural Holdings after one of the fund's investments folded into the company. Howard Rosario, chief executive of the $2.9 billion Westscheme became a shareholder ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... expects its economy to grow by 9 per cent in fiscal year 2010 supported by higher industrial production and better agricultural yields. Taiwan's economy grew by a higher than expected 8.5 per cent in the year to the fourth quarter supported by strong ...

RFM to bring cashflow back to Great Southern MIS

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
... Bryant said in a press statement that the vote takes RFM an important step closer to cutting all ties with the failed agricultural investment scheme manager and returning ownership of RFM to its management team. "It was very important we got this vote ...