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Water an alternative with yield

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
Exposure to attractive food, resource and agricultural valuations can be achieved by investing in water as an asset class, said Tyndall AM. "Where there is a simple demand imbalance you are giving yourself a chance to participate in capital growth," ...

ANZ sells mortgage business

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... to shareholders in the most "capital effective" way. It also announced that it was undertaking a review of its asset valuations, including software.

ANZ ditches Visa shares

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
ANZ has said that it is undertaking a review of asset valuations, after announcing that it had sold its remaining shareholding in Visa Inc for a $224 million after tax profit. "The industry-wide requirements to hold more capital means that ANZ will ...

Peak in investment spend to herald lower growth: Barclays economist

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... 2014, Davies says unemployment would have to hit at least 7% before it had any material impact on the housing market valuations. On the interest rate front, Davies expects the RBA to keep rates on hold at current levels when it meets early November ...

SMSF collectable insurance poses compliance risks

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... July 2016 transition deadline there will be a rush to store the assets in an appropriate location, get professional valuations done for those who wish to sell and line up appropriate insurance, Kelly said. "If SMSFs leave it to the last minute then they ...

Lofty A$ supports offshore ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... held up, and when combined with the strong AUD means those companies can be bought from Australia with relatively low valuations. "The final leg in that is if we think of the risk-on trade as starting to put some risk back on people are not necessarily ...

Farm land a viable alternative

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... for food. But supply is decreasing, leaving investments in farm land well placed to cash-in on "upward pressure on valuations," she said. The key to success is managers who have a strong focus on operations; people who can identify the most profitable ...

Future Fund to acquire AIF assets

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... Australian Infrastructure Fund's (AIX) portfolio assets for $2 billion - 10% up to the AIX Directors' published asset valuations at 30 June 2012. Due to their strong correlation with Australian economic growth, inflation protection and relative high ...

Sluggish growth the new norm: Janus

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... address a Centre for Investor Education (CIE) forum, Wellso advised the Financial Standard that the downward pressure on valuations - courtesy of further easing in Australia's earnings growth - only reinforces the risks of blindly buying. She says current ...

Fidelity calls rising tide for equities

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2012
... political risks in Europe - but Rossi said these have been recognised, and either mitigated or priced into current valuations. Even with the looming budget problems in the United States (US), US bond yields suggest that many of the investors who wanted ...