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Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman dies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... occupied Paris in 1940. After the war, Kahneman moved to what would soon become Israel with his mother and sister; his father tragically died just weeks before the Allied D-Day invasion. When he was 15, a vocational test suggested he become a psychologist ...

Warren Buffet honours Charlie Munger in Berkshire shareholder letter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... let me take the bows and receive the accolades. In a way, his relationship with me was part older brother, part loving father," Buffet said. He went on to reiterate that Berkshire's objective is to own either all or a portion of businesses that enjoy ...

Twynam Group targets US$50m for new fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... chief executive Johnny Kahlbetzer said the family office has been interested in decarbonisation for over 20 years. His late father, John Kahlbetzer, made his fortune as a rural landholder in Argentina and Australia. "With an agricultural background ...

Vale Jason Milosevski

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... cancer, was a true reflection of the man that he was," his family wrote. "Today we have lost a devoted husband, a loving father to two beautiful boys, a son, a brother, and a friend. "Jason will forever be remembered in our hearts as a selfless man who ...

Vale Lang Walker

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
Sydney-based property magnate and philanthropist Lang Walker has passed away, aged 78. Walker, who alongside his father Alec formed the privately-owned property development company Walker Corporation over 50 years ago, has been remembered as a nation-builder ...

Vale Tony Bongiorno

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... messages from all of you and are heartened by the impact that Tony has had on so many lives. He was a mentor, leader, and father figure to so many people." "Tony was the most caring, giving, kind person. He had a unique way of making people feel important ...

Vale Michael Murray

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... I want to honour Mike as a first-class human and one of the genuine nice guys," McMurdo said. "Mike was a son, husband, father, brother, friend, colleague, mentor, and teammate who made a difference in all our worlds." Tributes to Murray have flowed ...

Soros hands the reins to son

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
... family's philanthropic enterprise will "boost its support for voting and abortion rights." "I'm more political than my father," he said. The Hungarian-American businessman built his fortune by establishing the Soros Fund (later the Quantum Endowment ...

Geoff Lloyd to chair Stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
Former Perpetual and MLC chief executive Geoff Lloyd has been appointed as chair of Stake. In October 2020, after a two-year tenure at the helm of MLC, Lloyd departed following the company's agreement to be acquired by IOOF. This period also marked ...

SEC charges duo over church-based fraud

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
A man and his father-in-law were charged by the US regulator for running a $30 million Ponzi scheme in which they targeted churchgoers, gaining their trust with claims their wealth and success was due to divine intervention. According to the SEC, between ...
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