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SWFs double in size, eye alternatives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... Preqin said. "In private equity, SWFs typically partner with global firms like Carlyle Group, EQT, Blackstone Group, and BlackRock, and invest in relatively mature markets in North America and Europe." Commenting on the report's findings, Preqin managing ...

Cbus appoints chief executive, deputy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... merger in 13 months after it joined forces with Media Super in April 2022. Arter, who joined the fund in July 2020 from BlackRock and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation, announced his intentions to leave Cbus after the merger with EISS Super. ...

Growth, quality stocks to outperform: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
BlackRock iShares APAC head of investment strategy Thomas Taw says the US Fed are "sort of" engineering a recessionary-type scenario, so the investment giant is tilting defensively toward growth and quality companies. As interest rates increased across ...

Family offices look to infrastructure for alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... increasingly allocating to infrastructure and shunning more risky alternatives such as venture capital and hedge funds, a new BlackRock report shows. Infrastructure will be a pivotal alpha-generating strategy for family offices this year as half of the ...

BlackRock orders staff four days in office

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
The global fund manager is mandating all employees to return to the office for four days from September this year. BlackRock Australia confirmed reports that the new policy affects all 19,000 staff members living in more than 30 countries. BlackRock ...

IFM Investors welcomes global head of client solutions

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... responsible for developing sales and client services outside the US. Prior to joining PGIM, he was a managing director at BlackRock. At IFM, he will report to chief strategy officer Luba Nikulina, who joined in September last year. "It's a great privilege ...

BlackRock to list low-cost property and infrastructure ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
BlackRock will launch two new core ETFs, the iShares Core FTSE Global Infrastructure (AUD Hedged) ETF (GLIN) and the iShares Core FTSE Global Property ex Australia (AUD Hedged) ETF (GLPR). The ETFs will be priced at 20 basis points (or 0.20%), an amount ...

Digitisation, personalisation key for advice firms: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
In an exclusive interview with Financial Standard, BlackRock US wealth advisory group director Jim Renitsky said digitisation and personalisation at scale have become key differentiation points for adviser businesses. Reflecting on trends seen in the ...

SVB, Signature Bank securities up for sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
A BlackRock subsidiary has been tasked with disposing the mortgage-backed assets of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank that collectively amount to US$104 billion ($156.2bn). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation recently announced that it retained ...

BlackRock eyes new ETF products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023
BlackRock is seeking to expand its ETF offerings with its first-ever buffer ETFs. BlackRock submitted a filing to the SEC on March 31 to launch the BlackRock Large Cap Moderate Buffer and BlackRock Large Cap Deep Buffer ETF. The BlackRock Large Cap ...