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Female fund managers outperform men

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Tesla. Female-managed funds tend to have the lowest allocation to stocks like Berkshire Hathaway, Wells Fargo and Exxon Mobil. Energy and materials are two sectors where they are typically underweight. Interestingly, the ...

Warren Buffett allegedly conned by German company

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... arbitration after it was allegedly conned by a German company which inflated its revenue before its acquisition. Berkshire Hathaway's Precision Castparts paid EUR 800 million in February 2017 to acquire a German, family-run stainless steel pipe and fittings ...

S&P kicks companies off ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... re-enter the index in 2020. It is one of the largest S&P 500 companies to remain excluded from the ESG index. Berkshire Hathaway, Netflix, PayPal, Phillip Morris and Lockheed Martin are all S&P 500 companies that remain excluded from the ESG index. Phillip ...

Kapstream looks to Chi-X for active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... additional TracRs (locally-tradeable transferable custody receipts for US stocks), including for Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway. Kapstream's distribution is done by Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners which will launch the ETF ...

SMSFs outperforming MySuper: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... turning to international equities for greater diversification and returns. Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Tesla and Berkshire Hathaway are the top five international stocks by trading value, while Alphabet Class A replaces Tesla in the top five when it comes ...

SMSF cash allocation dips

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... turning to international equities for greater diversification and returns. Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Tesla and Berkshire Hathaway are the top five international stocks by trading value, while Alphabet Class A replaces Tesla in the top five when it comes ...

The changing face of SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... diversification, then add high conviction individual stocks such as Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google or Berkshire Hathaway in an effort to enhance performance," Commonwealth Bank head of SMSF customers, Marcus Evans said. Amazon, Apple, Facebook ...

Spaceship looks outside of superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... of the super products - 90% under the age of 44. Spaceship Index Portfolio currently holds companies such as Berkshire Hathaway, Walt Disney, Boeing and Westfield among others. The 0.05% fee passive index fund will target to hold 75% in global listed ...

Fintech exposes SMSFs to global shares

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... their portfolios and invest directly in the companies that affect their daily lives, from Apple to Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway to Baidu," Leibowitz said.

Younger investors flock to offshore equities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... The former showed a strong preference for stocks such as Tesla, Microsoft, Alphabet, Wells Fargo, Lloyds and Berkshire Hathaway, while the latter took an interest in technology and videogame companies including AMD, Nvidia and Activision Blizzard. "Interestingly ...