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Another cash ETF bites the dust

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
Less than two years after listing on the Chi-X, a Daintree-managed short-term fixed income ETF has delisted from the exchange. The eInvest Cash Booster Fund (managed fund) (ECAS ) targeted 0.5% above cash rate (net of fees) by investing in cash, term ...

BlackRock lists three ESG ETFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
sustainability focus. The three funds are the iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG Leaders ETF (IESG), iShares Core MSCI World Ex Australia ESG Leaders ETF (IWLD) and iShares Core MSCI World ex Australia ESG Leaders (AUD Hedged) ETF (IHWL). IESG seeks to ...

BlackRock unifies offering, rejigs executives

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
BlackRock Australia is combining its client business and iShares teams to deliver whole of portfolio solutions to clients, reshuffling its executives in the process. According to the investment giant, the bringing together of the teams will bring a ...

Last day to vote in MAX Awards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... winners last year included BlackRock, Vanguard and Zurich, while individuals honoured included BlackRock's national iShares specialist James Waterworth who was named distribution executive of the year and Legg Mason head of marketing Felicity Nicholson ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Fund Australian Equities - Index/Enhanced AMP Capital Investors - AMP WT Equity Fund BlackRock Investment Management - iShares Core S&P/ASX 200 ETF Macquarie Investment Management - Macquarie Aust Pure Indexed Equities Macquarie Investment Management ...

MAX finalists named, voting open

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... winners last year included BlackRock, Vanguard and Zurich, while individuals honoured included BlackRock's national iShares specialist James Waterworth who was named distribution executive of the year and Legg Mason head of marketing Felicity Nicholson ...

ETFs crack $100bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... biggest market share in ETFs listed on the ASX, with $28 billion or about 27.5% of the total, followed by BlackRock's iShares ($20 billion and 20% market share) and BetaShares ($15.6 billion or 15.2%).

BlackRock hires from AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... from AMP Capital in August of last year amid the group's sexual harassment allegations. Espeskog is currently head of iShares Asia Pacific distribution and has been with BlackRock for more than a decade. Prior to this he was a director at Barclays Capital ...

S&P rejigs index as BlackRock ETF grows

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... exposure scores and the maximum weight allowed to them. Not being restricted to just 30 stocks will be a welcome change at iShares' Global Clean Energy ETF (NASDAQ: ICLN), which has grown to over USD $5.7 billion. However, for smaller funds tracking ...

Blake Grossman joins BetaShares board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... appointed non-executive director at BetaShares. He was previously global chief executive of Barclays Global Investors/iShares from 2002 until its sale to BlackRock in 2009. Grossman then continued at BlackRock as vice chairman until 2011. "We are excited ...