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Buffett outlines plans for Berkshire Hathaway

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023
... but they are now," Buffett said. "In administering the testamentary trust, the three must act unanimously. Because of the random nature of mortality, successors must always be designated." Buffett said the testamentary trust will be self-liquidating ...

Industry high flyers join JANA board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... director roles at Telstra and Bank of Queensland. Before her board career, Seale was managing director of publishing company Random House Australia and New Zealand for more than a decade, delivering record profits while successfully making the transition ...

Research reveals factors influencing advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... difference to the advice provided, the study suggests. Ultimately, Oxford Risk found recommendations "were closer to totally random than totally consistent". The study, conducted in partnership with South Africa's professional body The Financial Planning ...

ASIC not recommending general advice change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
ASIC has confirmed it will not be recommending changing the label of 'general advice', after independent research commissioned by the regulator found such a move is unlikely to prevent consumer confusion. Both the Financial System Inquiry's ...

Rest launches low-cost SRI option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... per annum, making it one of the cheapest SRI options on the market. As reported by Financial Standard, Rest surveyed a random sample of members back in December 2020 to better align the investment option with their values. The survey was sent to 647,218 ...

Rest develops ethical option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... about the industries and companies it invests in. As it stands, Rest does not invest in tobacco and chemical weapons. A random cohort of members are currently being surveyed on what industries they would and would not like the option to invest in. They ...

Small caps soar amid accelerated revolution

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... that's the thing about the COVID-19 sell-off; it hasn't been a classic economic sell-off, instead, it's been quite random in terms of which businesses have suffered and which have done well." Although large caps have their place in portfolios ...

Behavioural tools to limit losses, fear

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... what "real" people do. "What started to emerge was a picture of people who are flawed, but those flaws are not necessarily random; there's a structure to the kinds of mistakes people make," Murphy said. Given these predictable irrationalities, Morningstar ...

No golden ticket for super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... 500's worst day in March the index fell by 12% and the US gold price fell by 5%. The Australian experience has been more random, over 22 trading days in March gold only moved in the opposite direction to equities on nine days. That means for Australian ...

Super scammers pose as authorities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
The scattergun approach of fraudsters looking to cash in on the early release of unaware Aussie's super has backfired, with one scammer copping an earful from a financial planner he tried to swindle. Fraudsters are posing as agents from superannuation ...
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