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Downgrade follows fund manager YouTube apology

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
Morningstar has downgraded a hedge fund facing liquidity issues. The move follows a sombre apology to investors from the fund manager delivered via YouTube. Neil Woodford issued a YouTube apology to investors whose money is currently frozen in Woodford ...

Super funds and weapons of mass destruction

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Warren Buffett may have called derivatives "financial weapons of mass destruction" but an increasing number of super funds are using them as a cost-saving measure. Milliman head of fund advisory services Michael Armitage told delegates at the Australian ...

Markets are stronger than Trump

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... examples. "Your ultimate question should be around what's going on with individual companies," she explained. Citing Warren Buffett's idea that "markets are stronger than governments," Hobson argued it would be a tremendous mistake for investors to de-risk ...

How advisers are managing US election concerns

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... America's golden goose of commerce and innovation will continue to lay more and larger eggs," his blog noted, quoting Warren Buffett in his 2015 letter to shareholders. But beyond the optimism that the markets will soon re-calibrate, the next few days ...

Buffett fires back at Trump tax claims

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has hit back at Donald Trump's criticism of his tax affairs in the latest presidential debate by publishing tax returns showing he's never used the tax deduction exploited by the Republican nominee. During the debate ...

Fund managers must offer genuine partnerships

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... companies with a more volatile earnings stream are offering much more attractive valuations. He highlights that the Warren Buffett-owned Berkshire Hathaway is trading on a lower multiple than Campbell's Soup as the market has bid up consumer staples. ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... way to grow is if someone else says something good about us," Kelton says. Legendary billionaire active manager Warren Buffett did just that when he wrote in a letter to shareholders in February 2014, explaining what should be done with his estate on ...

May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... $838,486 for November-April in 65 years compared to $221 loss for May-October". Also, there's no opportunity to heed Warren Buffett's advice: "Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful". "Others" aren't greedy - most equity ...

Vanguard notches fourth successive year of record inflows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... Times. Part of Vanguard's rise could be explained by comments made by the industry's most famous active managers, Warren Buffett. The Berkshire Hathaway chairman and chief executive was called Vanguard's best salesman by the company's founder, Jack Bogle ...

Buffett brings adviser PI products to Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) has announced it is introducing professional indemnity products in Australia, including one for financial planners. The new policies are Executive First Directors & Officers Liability ...