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Ringing the Bell on prime agricultural land sale

Edited by Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Joyce Moullakis

Jun 29, 2016 – 12.15am

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First it was the ANZ sexism brouhaha that embroiled his top broker Angus Aitken, but lately veteran stockpicker Colin Bell has been getting plenty of phone calls about another "A": agriculture.

Street Talk understands Bell has been entertaining overtures from prospective buyers and also taking pitches from investment banks for the potential sale of some prime pastoral land in south-western NSW. It should be noted the green light for a formal auction of the Bell family-owned farms has not been given, sources said.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies.

Joyce Moullakis is an Associate Editor writing across company news, policy issues, investment banking, private equity and financial services.