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Ten new ETPs get ASX listing

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... ETF Securities said four ETCs aim to replicate the performance of commodity baskets, in sectors such as energy and agriculture. The ETFS All Commodities (CSP) provides exposure to 20 different commodities across a range of sectors, which ETF Securities ...

Australia lags on commodities investments

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2012
... good way to obtain a commodities exposure, given a low correlation, below 1% in most cases. "The correlation between agriculture performance and the underlying companies is around 0.4%, for oil and gas, it's about 0.65%," Gunzberg said. "The reason for ...

Equity value - cheap or the new normal?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
... after the RBA decided to give the consensus what they were asking for - a 25 basis point rate cut. Business lobbies, agriculture and the housing industry whinged that it may not be enough as banks may not pass on the full extent of the reduction. Stephen ...

Australian private wealth firm selects US property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... "Texas is a strong growth corridor in a recovering US economy underwritten by oil and energy, defence, education and agriculture," said Toll. "The state has a population of 26.4 million people and a GDP that is roughly the size of Australia's at $1.332 ...

Grain price hints at strong growth: CFSGAM

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... currently looking attractive due to the last six months but that isn't to say that things are going to recover tomorrow. "Agriculture stocks are a volatile sector due to weather impacts and changes in investor sentiments as money rushes into the sector ...

Betashares launches three new ETFs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
A new agriculture ETF has been launched on the Australian stock exchange today by specialist ETF provider BetaShares. Known as QAG, the new exchange traded fund will track the performance of the S&P GSCI Agriculture Enhanced Select Index, which is made ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (economic) Philip Lowe delivers a speech to the Australian Farm Institute Agriculture Roundtable Conference in Melbourne. In equities news, SingTel Group, which includes Optus, releases its second quarter ...

Union members an industry fund minority

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... union members. In low unionised industries like retail, tourism and hospitality, manufacturing, telecommunications and agriculture, the union member ratio is likely to be even lower. The low union membership ratios present significant challenges for ...

It's official, Rudd saved Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... [Treasury] report said mining added a modest 0.1 percentage points to economic growth over the nine-month period. Agriculture and services each contributed 0.3 percentage points - three times as much as mining." Mineral exports to China were still important ...

Liquidity strength in CTAs

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
... bonds and metal markets (particularly gold) have been the strongest thus far, an emerging CTA focus market is that of agriculture. "While it can vary greatly across the agriculture industry, there can be significant fluctuations. For example sugar is ...