Paddy Manning
Push for yield gives investors food for thought
Paddy Manning It's one thing to be sure that rising food insecurity will push up farm and food prices. It's another to identify compelling food plays on our stock exchange.
Glencore-Xstrata merger hits snag
Paddy Manning, Peter Ker Proposed $US90 billion deal may be facing uphill battle amid shareholder concerns.
Yields key when it comes to agriculture sector
Paddy Manning It's one thing to know farm prices will rise, but another to identify compelling food plays.
Mega-deal firms up
Paddy Manning Glencore and Xstrata last night released details of their proposed $US90 billion merger.
Glencore ups ante on Xstrata
Paddy Manning Commodities trader Glencore is tipped to offer a higher-than-expected premium for Xstrata.
Mariner sailing happily into food business
Paddy Manning Company will pay $3.2 million for minority stakes in Capilano Honey and three others.
Merged miner may look here
Paddy Manning Combined Glencore International-Xstrata could make a substantial acquisition in Australia.
Swiss marriage: tears or cheers?
Peter Ker and Paddy Manning Australia a key part of empire formed in $82 billion marriage of Xstrata and Glencore.
Xstrata thermal coal surges on the back of new mines
Paddy Manning Record thermal coal production from Australia underpinned a solid year for Xstrata.
AAco upbeat on future Indonesian cattle exports
Paddy Manning Australia will remain a supplier of cattle to Indonesia despite last year's export ban.
AACo bounces back from export ban
Paddy Manning Australian Agricultural Company has bounced back from last year's ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia, reporting a jump in earnings.
Regulator issues new guidelines for agri schemes
Paddy Manning THREE YEARS after 60,000 investors lost more than $1 billion in the high-profile collapse of a string of tax-driven agribusiness schemes, the corporate regulator has issued a new set of disclosure...
Three years on, agribusiness investment guides emerge
Paddy Manning and Ruth Williams Three years after 60,000 investors lost more than $1 billion in the collapse of a string of tax-driven agribusiness schemes, the corporate regulator has issued new disclosure guidelines it hopes will...
Bite-sized Australia beefs up McDonald's empire
Paddy Manning We don't know how many burgers it made, but the other numbers are big enough.
Super funds weigh up the climate risks
Paddy Manning Report finds superannuation funds are beginning to factor climate risks into investment decisions.
Irrepressible Cottee in new oil and gas venture
Paddy Manning AFTER last year's flame-out at Nexus Energy, mining entrepeneur Richard Cottee has become non-executive chairman of oil shale and gas junior Austin Exploration, and is brimming with optimism about...
Shell's deal on WA venture cheers Nexus
Paddy Manning Shell puts a big foot on Crux field off Western Australia, in a deal Nexus Energy says values its stake at $637 million, double its market capitalisation.
Coles, Warrnambool launch new dairy line
Paddy Manning Supermarket 'keen to get into Australian-made food and make that a differentiator'.
Europe's carbon price lows expose gap to Australia's tax
Paddy Manning THE gulf between Australia's incoming fixed carbon price and the floating international price is set to widen as Europe's economic troubles and regulatory uncertainty undermine carbon markets.
Analysts say Senex bid mostly hot air
Paddy Manning ANALYSTS yesterday downplayed speculation of an imminent bid for Cooper Basin oil and gas producer Senex Energy, although interest in its shale gas potential remains high.
