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FICAP 2023: Countdown is on

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... to new charity partners, Feel the Magic, Fighting Chance, and Weave. This year's event is backed by platinum sponsors BlackRock, Challenger, and Ironbark, as well as gold sponsors, Australian Unity, AZ NGA, BT, Colonial First State, EFEX, Global X ETFs ...

Colonial First State chalks up strong super returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... retirement and investment savings." A spokesperson for CFS attributed the investment manager's partnership with BlackRock in helping boost performance outcomes for members. In October 2021, CFS appointed BlackRock to refine its approach to investment ...

GAM investors make partial offer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... its peer group in terms of share price and AUM trend. The peer group includes the likes of Vontobel, Janus Henderson, BlackRock and Liontrust. "The group believes that GAM can be successfully restructured and return to profitability. It is therefore ...

Monochrome files for first Bitcoin ETF in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... actively reviewing several applications for spot Bitcoin ETFs. Among the recent acknowledgements is an application from BlackRock which was touted as the most significant institutional event in Bitcoin history. In addition to BlackRock, the SEC is considering ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary issue?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... America's dominance in ESG fundraising and impact investing respectively, the term has been a point of contention with BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink in June calling the acronym "totally weaponised". "The chatter we've seen around anti-ESG ...

BlackRock drops more ETF fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... listed in May this year and originally priced at 20 basis points (or 0.20%). The new fee on each is 0.15%. According to BlackRock, this amount was less than half the current management fee of similar ETFs in the Australian market. BlackRock Australasia ...

Ignition Advice appoints chief platform, technology officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
... Mason Stevens. He's also held senior leadership positions in fintech and institutional firms including SS&C, Bravura, Blackrock Solutions, Macquarie Bank, Colonial First State, and BT Financial Group. Donohoe said: "Enda's deep understanding of design ...

BlackRock raises $500m for Super Battery

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023
BlackRock Alternatives has secured over $500 million from Australian and global institutional and sovereign co-investors to expedite the development of the Waratah Super Battery. The Waratah Super Battery (WSB), believed to be one the largest committed ...

BlackRock Bitcoin ETF: A landmark institutional event?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
The BlackRock ETF filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been touted by Magnet Capital co-founder Egor Sidelska as the most significant institutional event in Bitcoin history. Sidelska said the BlackRock ETF filing is a definitive ...

BlackRock files for bitcoin ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
BlackRock's iShares has filed paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to develop a spot bitcoin ETF. The iShares Bitcoin Trust will seek to mirror the performance of bitcoin's price before the payment of expenses and liabilities. ...