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Tens of thousands flock to Omaha

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
More than 40,000 Berkshire Hathaway investors flocked to Omaha, Nebraska for the company's annual general meeting. Legendary investor and Berkshire chairman Warren Buffett, 83, sat with his 90-year old business partner Charlie Munger for more than five ...

Buffett gives $2 billion to Gates Foundation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Warren Buffet has continued his annual donation plan by giving more than $US2.6 billion ($2.9 billion) worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock to five charities. The largest proportion of Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares - worth around US$2 billion - will ...

Buffett helps SMSF investors to big returns

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... years. The first of a number of JBG Structured Investments products linked to the performance of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway investment company has matured, returning 42.83% to investors. Buffett is idolised by the global investment community but at ...

Warren Buffett praises Fed stimulus measures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013
Legendary investor Warren Buffett praised the US Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus measures at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Nebraska. Buffett, who is chairman and chief executive of the global conglomerate, said that the decision ...

Aussie billionaires ranked in Forbes richlist

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2013
... billion. Meanwhile Warren Buffet has slipped from third to fourth following what he called a 'sub-par' year for Berkshire Hathaway. Despite the tough global economic environment, 210 new billionaires have been made over the last 12 months. For more family ...

Buy the headline, sell the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2011
... and Bloomberg's "Buffett Broadens Portfolio by Investing $23.9B". According to Bloomberg, "Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A) invested $23.9 billion in the third quarter, the most in at least 15 years, as he accelerated stock purchases ...

Fund, Insurers unafraid of Japan quake cost

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... 25 insurers and reinsurers were worth $282 billion in shareholder funds in 2009, with the biggest reinsurer Berkshire Hathaway Re at $64.1 billion followed by Munich Re at $30.3 billion and Lloyds at $28.9 billion, the report said. Global multiline insurers ...

New Berkshire fund buys Buffet

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
Investment group JB Global is offering a second capital-protected fund investing in Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire has produced an average compounded gain of 20.2 per cent in book value every year since 1965. Buffet, the world's most ...

New M&A expert in town, hires BT chief

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2010
... former BT chief executive Ian Martin as vice chairman, Asia Pacific. Berkshire Capital - not associated with Berkshire Hathaway - is a boutique investment bank that specialises in providing advice on M&A activities in the wealth and investment sectors. ...

Too clever by half

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2010
... because - wait for it - " Warren Buffett defended Goldman Sachs Group Inc." Goldman according to Buffet. At Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting last Saturday, Warren strongly defended Goldman Sachs, saying he doesn't believe Goldman acted improperly ...