Articles by Trevor Hunnicutt and Jonathan Stempel

Buffett Eyes ‘Huge’ Acquisitions But Not in Insurance

Warren Buffett on Saturday lamented his inability to find big companies to buy and said his goal is to make “one or more huge acquisitions” of non-insurance businesses to bolster results at his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc. In his annual …

New Bond ETF Rules Expected to Attract Investments from Insurers

BlackRock Inc. expects $300 billion in new money from insurers to flood into the already booming bond exchange-traded fund sector over the next five years, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday, following a move by regulators to adjust some requirements on …

Berkshire’s Buffett Says Republican Health Plan Is Tax Cut for Wealthy

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett on Saturday fumed that healthcare costs are eating away at the U.S. economy like “tapeworm” and said the Republican approach to overhaul Obamacare is a tax cut for the rich. The U.S. House of …

Pimco to Pay $20 Million to Settle Charges It Misled Investors

Pacific Management Investment Co. (Pimco) will pay $20 million to settle charges it misled investors about the performance of a top exchange-traded fund it manages, U.S. regulators said on Thursday. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s settlement with Pimco, a unit …

BlackRock Says Investors Must Weigh Climate Change Like Insurers Are Doing

BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest asset manager, said all investors should factor climate change into their decision-making and doing so would not mean having to accept lower returns. Global moves to coordinate a response to climate change took a big …