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ANZ reshuffle drops Australian chief economist role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... these changes, we've created a new industry-focused economics team based in Australia reporting directly to chief economist Warren Hogan." ANZ will continue to provide analysis of key economic events in Australia, New Zealand and Asia Pacific and the ...

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... retirement incomes policy sustainable," said Hockey. The Treasurer's comments echo similar concerns from Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss that were reported last week in the Courier Mail : "Increasingly, the lifestyle and the savings for superannuation ...

Buffett discloses new Verizon investment

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Warren Buffett's company has disclosed a new investment of 11 million shares in Verizon Communications, and an increase in its stakes in Wal-Mart and IBM. Berkshire Hathaway on Thursday revealed the changes to its $US106 billion ($A114.69 billion) portfolio ...

Tens of thousands flock to Omaha

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2014
... 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 hours taking questions from shareholders ...

Gina gets richer but falls down list

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... Spanish clothing giant founder Amancio Ortega, owner of Zara, with $72 billion, and then there's high-profile investor Warren Buffett. Rising stock markets swelled the ranks of the world's billionaires to a record 1,645 from 1,426 last year. The list ...

New index offers chance to invest like a billionaire

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
... iBillionaire have launched the iBillionaire Index, which tracks the blue-chip stock holdings of billionaire investors, including Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn and George Soros. Devised from the quarterly disclosures investment managers are required to lodge ...

Star manager Tagliaferro adopts "mentor role"

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... Magnus Angenfelt called The World's 99 Greatest Investors. The fund manager appears alongside industry legends including Warren Buffett and George Soros. In fitting with his mentor role at IML, Tagliaferro has one piece of advice for younger fund managers. ...

Rational exuberance?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... the Fed's QE is successful or not. It succeeds in elevating stock prices but not the economy. How overvalued? Remember Warren Buffett's metric -- the percentage of total market cap relative to the US GNP is "probably the best single measure of where ...

Secrets of world's greatest investors revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... learn from their mistakes and, above all, know that patience is a virtue. The book features world-renown investors such as Warren Buffett and right hand man Charlie Munger, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and industry superstar George Soros. Australians ...

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... market isn't showing fear, does this mean, ipso facto (big word, ey?), that the market has become greedy? Is it time to put Warren Buffett's -- the Sage of Omaha - immortal words into action? "Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others ...