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Capital Investments in Agriculture of Ukraine Increased by 10%
KIEV, Ukraine, June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Foreign investors are investing more in the agricultural sector of Ukraine. From January to March, capital investment in agriculture accounted for UAH 2.5 billion, 10% more than over the same period last year. Traditionally, the most attractive sectors for investors are the food industry, bioenergy and crop production, with major investors in agriculture coming from across Europe. First Vice Prime Minister Serghiy Arbuzov mentioned this fact prior to the first annual international conference “ABC: Ukraine & Partners”, initiated by the Ukrainian Government. “Between 2000-when investment levels in agriculture were at their lowest levels-and 2012, we have seen high annual growth rates. The government is working hard to ensure that they are constantly increasing, by creating transparent conditions for investors and deepening investment in public and private partnerships,” said Arbuzov. The First Vice Prime Minister also stressed that the food industry; bioenergy and crop production all traditionally show high ratings of investment attractiveness: “Investors look for those sectors of agriculture where there is a high level of profitability, export opportunities, high rates of scale and better terms of liquidity of investments,” he continued. Serhiy Arbuzov also underlined that the biggest investors in agriculture in Ukraine are European countries. Recall, First Annual International Business Conference will be held on June 13-14, 2013 at the capital based NSC “Olympiysky”. One of the business and government meeting topics will be the panel discussion “Investment in agricultural sector of Ukraine. Let’s Feed the world together.” First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Arbuzov will participate in the discussion. SOURCE ABC: Ukraine & Partners /CONTACT: ABC organizing committee, tel +38(044)501-32-93/44, email: y.derevyanko@pr-service.com.ua Continue reading
US Investors Targeting Foreign Property
US Investors Targeting Foreign Property By Francys Vallecillo | May 2, 2013 11:29 AM ET Driven by potentially high returns, U.S. investors are increasingly targeting funds that invest in foreign commercial and residential property. During the first quarter of 2013, investors put $2.6 billion into mutual and exchange-traded funds that invest in offices, hotels, and other foreign commercial properties, the largest number since the record $5.3 billion during the first quarter in 2007, Reuters reports. In 2012, Americans directly invested $38.71 billion in foreign commercial properties, an increase from the $32.8 billion the year before, according to Real Capital Analytics. “The big plus is diversification of your portfolio, number one,” New Jersey’s public pension funds chief investment officer Timothy Walsh told Reuters . “Number two, we actually think there’s better returns going forward.” Investors are also attracted by the high net operating income found overseas, Mr. Walsh added. Overall, global commercial investment is expected to increase this year . But this is a new model for many U.S. investors. “The basic assumption and belief, which is still untested, is [returns] won’t be super highly correlated with stocks and bonds in other countries,” said Joseph Gyourko, a business professor at the University of Pennsylvania specializing in real estate, told Reuters . “It’s going to be different than owning equities on the German stock exchange.” As a way for Americans to get in the foreign property game, almost 5.5 percent of 401(k) retirement funds now offer a global real estate fund as an option, up 30 percent since 2007, according to San Diego-based retirement firm Brightscope. Overall, as global markets are emerging and distressed markets are recovering, investors can benefit from increasing prices in local economies. “If you have a specific view on different countries or different regions, buying the real estate is more direct to the local economy of that country, than just stocks of companies that have a global revenue base,” WisdomTree Investments director of research Jeremy Schwartz told Reuters . Directly investing in foreign real estate can be accompanied by political and economic risks and experts warn to always use caution. “If you land a bunch of Americans and say just go out…they’re going to get slaughtered by the local guys,” chairman and chief executive of Prologis Inc Hamid Moghadam warned. ↓ Read User C Continue reading
