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Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... forecasts: "The bank forecasts total Australian grain exports to be down approximately 50% on last year, at 13.9 million tonnes. Wheat exports are predicted to decline almost 50% on last year, to 8.6 million tonnes - the lowest export volume since 2007." ...

Aussie agriculture reaches new highs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... heading to the saleyards, with strong price rises both domestically and internationally." The most valuable crop types are wheat ($6.2 billion), fruit, nuts and grapes ($5.6 billion) and vegetables ($3.6 billion). Among several recommendations, ISA has ...

Legalsuper hires compliance exec from Mercer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
A new executive manager compliance joined legalsuper this week. Kaye Wheatley-Brown joins the $3 billion, 40,000-member superannuation fund from Mercer, where she was principal, senior risk and compliance leader, financial services, advice and insurance. ...

Experts give insights at 2016 Managed Accounts Forum

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  SUNDAY, 11 SEP 2016
More than 200 delegates attended the recent 2016 Financial Standard Managed Accounts Forum, hosted at the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne. The event program was jam-packed with presentations and panel session discussions featuring some of the industry's most ...

NAS selects StatPro Revolution

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) has appointed StatPro Revolution as its new performance and risk analytics reporting platform. StatPro is a global cloud-based platform, providing analysis of portfolio performance, attribution, risk and compliance. The multi-asset ...

Agriculture ripe for institutional picking

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
... institutional investment in farming has been largely into row crops, skewed by investments into US and Brazilian soy and wheat crops, while in Australia, the focus has been on beef production," Bennett says. "However, with investors seeking new opportunities ...

ETF Securities closes 10 ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
... The ETFS Agriculture, All Commodities, Copper, Corn, Natural Gas, Grain, Industrialised Metals, Energy, Brent Crude and Wheat funds have all been wound up. The largest of the closures was the Brent Crude fund, with $1.05 million invested; the smallest ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... one of the biggest consumers of commodities sent commodity prices - gold, oil, copper, nickel, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, wheat, corn, cotton and cattle, to name a few - scrambling on the up and up. China happy, Europe happy - the Euro Stoxx 50 closed ...

Former Moody's analyst guilty of insider trading

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... 2006 he communicated inside information relating to upcoming price-sensitive announcements contemplated by the Australian Wheat Board and procured Stoner to short sell 135,000 AWB CFDs. The men will be sentenced in the Supreme Court of NSW on 27 April ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
... morning trade. Goodman Fielder was down five cents to 63 cents after a first half loss of nearly $65 million due to higher wheat and milk prices and increased transport costs. Wesfarmers Limited was down 12 cents to $42.68 and Woolworths Limited was ...