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Food is the new Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... corn and soyabeans - up by 61.8% and 45.6%, respectively from this year's low - have surged to record highs. And though wheat prices have yet to reach record levels, they've already jumped by 59.3% from their 2012 lows. Thanks. Investors holding on to ...

Betashares launches three new ETFs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011
... exchange traded fund will track the performance of the S&P GSCI Agriculture Enhanced Select Index, which is made up of corn, wheat, soybeans and sugar. Before Christmas BetaShares said it will also launch a Copper Index ETF and a Commondities Basket ...

Aust Ethical community grants announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
Investment manager Australian Ethical has announced its 2011 community grant recipients, with more than $150,000 being distributed to 22 charities and conservation organisations operating in Australia and overseas. This year's recipients were chosen ...

CFSGAM appoints soft commodities specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... global resources long short fund. The soft commodities fund looks to benefit from rising global demand for foods such as wheat, corn and rice.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... 1,340.68. The Nasdaq composite gained 31.79, or 1.1 per cent, to 2,815. Commodity prices halted their slide after floods damaged wheat, corn and soybean fields, with traders anticipating a supply shortage would lead to higher prices. Materials companies ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... any of the 10 company groups that make up the S&P 500 index, as commodity prices increased. Futures contracts for corn, wheat, and sugar each rose more than two per cent. The Nasdaq composite lost less than a point to 2,789.19. Rising and falling shares ...

The other emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... correlation. The constitution of Argentina's major exports -- soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat, flour - explains why. These are the commodities whose prices have been on a tear in recent times. According to Agritrend ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
... fuel prices. In other news, the competition watchdog has given preliminary approval to current access arrangements for bulk wheat exports at ports operated by grains marketer GrainCorp Ltd, with some modifications. Graincorp Ltd shares rose 13 cents ...

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... Potash Corp, a bid Potash later deemed as "grossly inadequate", while other news in this area see Russia now banning any wheat exports, a Chinese firm securing the rights to 2.8 million hectares of the Congo for palm oil production and South Korea has ...

No complaints for HK regulator

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
Regulators worldwide have been criticised for failing to deal appropriately to the outcomes of the global financial crisis but the Hong Kong securities and futures regulator has received an overall thumbs up from market participants. The Neilson Company ...