Thousands of farmers protested against IHT changes in London this week
Budget scrapped valuable IHT reliefs for agriculture and business assets
Factory and agricultural automation will be needed to counteract China’s falling birth rate, says Capital Group’s Martyn Hole
If advisers have farmers as clients they could be eligible for further tax reliefs. Tom Lacey looks at the issues.
This week: Dr. Ana Armstrong, chairman of Distinction Asset Management, takes a closer look at the agricultural sector
With fluctuating oil prices continuing to make news, Chris Butler, co-manager of the Martin Currie Global Resources fund, looks at the wider supersector.
Redemptions in commodity ETFs have been mostly confined to "a few precious metal and energy products" despite a widespread fall in prices, according to ETF Securities.
Deutsche Bank's db x-ETC platform has unveiled sterling hedged versions of its oil, agriculture, physical gold and physical silver ETCs on the London Stock Exchange.
Exchange-traded products tracking diversified broad commodity indices saw global assets increase by $5.2bn in Q1 2011, marking the largest quarterly inflows for the sector on record, ETF Securities says.
European-domiciled exchange-traded products garnered over €1.9bn in the week ending 4 March, according to Deutsche Bank.