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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 ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... happy, Europe happy, Wall Street happy - the S&P 500 up 1.3% -- happier still courtesy of Warren. Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway is reportedly buying Precision Castparts' scripts - reviving market focus on M&A deals. Gotta get in before funding costs become ...

SMSFs to access Berkshire Hathaway from Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) will be able to access Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway from Australia. MDS Financial-owned Sequoia Specialist Investments has launched a number of structured products that provide exposure to the performance of Berkshire ...

Shares stronger at noon

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... the market a boost, with Insurance Australia Group leaping up on the news that billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is buying a $500 million stake in it. IAG was up 20 cents, or 3.6 per cent, to $5.77, and Suncorp had improved 23 cents to ...

Buffett insurer partners with IAG

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Warren Buffett-chaired Berkshire Hathaway has entered a strategic partnership with Insurance Australia Group (IAG). The partnership consists of a ten-year 20% quota share agreement, with Berkshire acquiring roughly 90 million IAG shares (for a total ...

Don't overlook culture and discipline: MFS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... good company when it comes to placing importance on company culture. Investment guru and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett said at the company's recent AGM in Omaha, "Culture is everything at Berkshire." "Culture has to come from the ...

Buffett insurer gains Australia licence

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Warren Buffett-owned global speciality insurer Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has received its licence to provide insurance to the Australian market. BHSI will commence Australia operations immediately in its Sydney office and has appointed ...

Buffett moves in on Australian insurers

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Warren Buffett-owned global speciality insurer Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) Australia and New Zealand has poached key senior executives from AIG and other insurers. BHSI doesn't yet have an Australian operating licence but AIG has already ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... term," said Ginni Rometty, IBM's chairman, president and chief executive. Warren Buffett's huge investment firm Berkshire Hathaway, the largest shareholder in IBM, took collateral damage, falling 1.0 percent. Microsoft sagged 1.0 percent as it unveiled ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... higher with the Dow Jones Industrial Average striking a new record, spurred by strong results from Walmart and Berkshire Hathaway's $US4.7 billion ($A5.09 billion) takeover of Duracell. The Dow finished up 40.59 points, or 0.23 per cent, at 17,652.79 ...