agriculture

ETC investors have been steadily reducing positions in agriculture, capturing profits from rising prices, ETF Securities says.

Defensive and short equity ETFs rallied over the last week, amid renewed risk aversion on Dubai credit concerns, says ETF Securities (ETFS).

Deutsche Bank investment director Paul Wharton examines the drivers for the commodities market.

Jefferies has launched two equity-based ETFs providing exposure to agriculture and industrial metals on NYSE Arca.

Dips in energy prices, metals and soft commodities are part of a short-term correction in a long-term bull run supported by enduring fundamentals, according to commodities experts.

Baring Asset Management will launch an agriculture fund later this year, aimed at tapping into the food-price led booming soft commodity sector.

Barclays Wealth is hoping to correct the retail investor's "materially underweight" exposure to commodities with a new protected investment suite.

The popularity of asset allocation funds, such as those in the Cautious, Balanced and Active Managed sectors, rose significantly last year during turbulent times for the markets, S&P says.

Allianz Global Investors (AGI) is launching an agriculture fund in a bid to take advantage of the current soft commodity boom.

Close Investments has scrapped its Agricultural Commodities Trust just days before it was due to go live.