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Amazon still an early-stage company: Fundie

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... the view that every stock in the firm's disruptive innovation portfolio is an early-stage growth stock, and this includes Amazon - a firm approaching US$600 billion market capitalisation. "The way we know it's an early stage growth company is that only ...

Australia braces for Amazon impact

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
Amazon has finally launched in Australia and the retail sector is likely to experience significant hurdles - but Amazon itself will face its own challenges, according to financial services experts. Amazon Australia country manager Rocco Braeuniger said ...

Retailers should be wary of Amazon: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
The majority of people polled in Financial Standard's weekly survey believe the launch of Amazon Marketplace in Australia has potentially dire consequences for local retailers. One-in-four (25%) respondents strongly agree the e-commerce giant will negatively ...

Fund managers should have personal stake: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... the second highest total return, and the second lowest total volatility over 40 years. This week we ask if the launch of Amazon in Australia will negatively affect the local retail sector.

Fintech exposes SMSFs to global shares

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

Digital assets overlooked in estate planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... Australia. In the US, individuals can't bestow online contents such as music, books and movies purchased from Apple and Amazon once they die.

BigTech: The next frontier for high-net-worth investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
High-net-worth individuals could soon turn to Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook for wealth management needs according to latest research from Capgemini. In its 2017 World Wealth Report the consulting firm found BigTech is casting a long shadow in wealth ...

Nothing to fear from robo-advice: Magellan

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... portfolio is now in technology. Douglass also argues the fund manager has not increased its risk profile as a result. As for Amazon, Douglass said he doesn't invest in Amazon "yet I spend about 10% of my time thinking about it because it has so many ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... "And on the flipside, the stocks further down the market cap spectrum are getting gradually underweighted. If I pick on Amazon, for example, in the last 12 months, Jeff Bezos sold $2 billion worth of stock. Looking at the active managers in the top 10 ...

Grant Thornton bolsters dedication to retail clients via merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... capabilities in house," Keith said. Australian companies need to respond to the arrival of global heavyweights such as Amazon by planning across all aspects of their business and the merger with GNC Group will enable Grant Thornton to provide greater ...