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Nominate now for the 2025 MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... under five years' industry experience. In all, there are 22 awards to be won. Winners in 2024 included Betashares, BlackRock, Fidelity, La Trobe Financial, Insignia Financial, and HUB24. Nominations close April 4, with voting to take place from April ...

Vanguard ETFs record most consistent monthly net flows: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... annual net flows over the 12 months to December 2024 were Vanguard with $9.5 billion, Betashares with $8.2 billion, BlackRock with $6 billion, and VanEck at $5.9 billion. Together, they accounted for 79% of total net flows. In the same order, Vanguard ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... the guidelines' remit - from May 21 they will either need to sell their fossil fuel investments or change their names. BlackRock and Federated Hermes are among those reported to have changed fund names to remove relevant ESG terms. Due to the regulations' ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... biggest-ever ETF market turnover in a day earlier this month, hitting a whopping $2 billion on March 6, largely thanks to BlackRock reducing its equities exposure and shoring up defensive assets within its model portfolios. The fund manager's annual ...

Rest kickstarts in-house global equities trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... of its assets invested in international equities. This is across external mandates with the likes of Baillie Gifford, BlackRock, Macquarie, Ninety One, and Robeco. Rest co-chief investment officer Kiran Singh said the commencement of investing by the ...

Mercer adds to wealth team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... where he helped build up the brand and develop and manage client relationships. Before that, he spent four years at BlackRock and Colonial First State as a business development manager. For his part, Janes arrives from Evergreen Consultants, where he ...

ETF market dips but bright spots emerge

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
The $3.11 billion net flows in February struggled to boost the Australian ETF market's position, with funds under management (FUM) dropping to $255 billion, according to VanEck's monthly ETF data. February marked the eighth consecutive month ...

US equities face volatility as growth risks mount: Morgan Stanley

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... gain," with potential market upside directly tied to how much near-term downside policymakers are prepared to tolerate. BlackRock acknowledged that policy uncertainty could weigh on US economic growth and equity markets in the short term. However, the ...

Financial services chips away at gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... company, which recently delisted from the ASX, has no female employees at the general manager or head of business levels. BlackRock Investment Management's remuneration gap sits at the higher end at 32.6%, while the median is 20.6%. Meanwhile, Vanguard ...

RQI hires research duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... elevated to head of portfolio management and head of alpha research, respectively. Both Nash and Guido previously worked at BlackRock before joining RQI, where Nash was the head of sustainable investment in Australia and Guido was the portfolio manager ...