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Family office 3rd generation more engaged with investments

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
Third generations within a family office tend to be more engaged with investments than their parents and grandparents, Cambooya chief executive Jenny Wheatley noted. After more than six months as chief executive of Cambooya, the family office of the ...

New UK fin services watchdog polls public

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013
Following the SEC's direct appeal to the public for information, the incoming Financial Conduct Authority in the UK is asking the public for input about what information they'd like the regulator and the financial services industry to disclose. The ...

Media Super backs Aussie film industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... Kidman. 'These Final Hours', a drama from producer Liz Kearney set in the dying hours before the apocalypse and 'The Gods of Wheat Street', a 6 episode series currently in production for ABC TV are also supported by Media Super.

Commodities boom over: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012
... natural gas, oil, iron ore, hard coking coal and thermal coal are well off their highs while soft commodities like cotton and wheat have also fallen dramatically. "Deeper mines, lower-grade minerals, more remote and challenging locations and shortages ...

Coming in 2014: Aussie recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... quarter. 9 Baltic Dry Index rises 100 per cent. Baltic Dry Index FALLS by 41.2% from 20 December 2011 to last night. 10 Wheat prices to double next year. Close but still no cigar. Wheat prices rose by 38.8% between 20 December 2011 and last night. So ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... proposed $2.7 billion takeover of grains marketer Graincorp could lead to foreign control of 95 per cent of the nation's wheat exports. JBH - JB HI-FI LTD - up 26 cents, or 2.5 per cent, at $10.39 JB HiFi annual general meeting NAB - NATIONAL AUSTRALIA ...

Cambooya appoints new CEO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Fairfax family office Cambooya Services has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of Peter Roach in July this year. Jenny Wheatley assumed the role of CEO of Cambooya Services in August. She has additionally taken the role of CEO for ...

ANZ fined over futures contracts

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... last week fined $US350,000 by commodity regulators in the United States, after exceeding speculative position limits in wheat and cotton futures contracts. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said ANZ had exceeded speculative position ...

Farm land a viable alternative

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... world's largest exporter, said the report. And a dry summer in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan has contributed to projected wheat production losses. Food prices were overall, 6% higher than in July last year, as shown by the World Bank's Food Price Index ...

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Noi! Noi! Noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2012
... ECB will do some stimulation of sorts will stimulate global growth and tickle appetites for commodities (outside of corn, wheat and soybeans). But there are a few who talk about the A$ decoupling from commodity prices. Here's how Bloomberg saw it 5 days ...