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AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... industry over the past year," including the launch of exchange-traded funds by leading international investment managers - BlackRock, Fidelity, Bitwise, Ark Invest, Invesco, Franklin Templeton, Valkyrie, VanEck, and WiseTree - which have pulled in US$55.6 ...

Bennelong refreshes board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... said. "Lincoln has been an excellent resource," he said. Notably, McMahon served as finance chief and operating chief at BlackRock Australia and head of HSBC's Mexican wealth management businesses. "We thank him for his leadership and wish him all ...

BlackRock makes US$12bn acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
BlackRock is set to acquire credit manager HPS Investment Partners for US$12 billion, creating a US$220 billion franchise. Under the deal, the two entities will create a new private financing solutions business, to be led by HPS chief executive Scott ...

BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard sued over climate stance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
Texas and 10 other Republican-led states are suing BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard, saying their climate activism violated antitrust laws and caused reduced coal production and higher energy prices. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a case ...

JANA snags Ignition Advice executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... over 30 years of digital financial services experience having worked in senior capacities at BT Investment Management, BlackRock, and Macquarie Group. Before his time at Ignition Advice, Mahoney was the chief information and technology officer at Mason ...

Funds SA adds to leadership team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... Corporation focused on investment risk, and built extensive international experience with Norddeutsche Landesbank and BlackRock. In another move, former AMP Capital performance manager Chris Medlow will oversee analytics. As for the investment team ...

BlackRock partners to build $1.5bn life sciences platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
BlackRock and Wentworth Capital have joined forces to acquire two life sciences seed assets as part of a plan to build a $1.5 billion platform. BlackRock, through its real estate division, and Wentworth Capital have acquired two assets in Sydney to ...

CFS unveils fund manager, fee changes to FirstChoice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... announced changes that will affect four other options from mid-November. The CFS Alternatives option will be replaced with BlackRock Global Liquid Alternatives. The CFS Asian Share option will become the Skerryvore Global Emerging Markets All-Cap option. ...

BlackRock lowers management fees on ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
BlackRock Investment Management has lowered the management fees on the iShares Asia 50 ETF. Management fees and costs for the iShares Asia 50 ETF (IAA) have been lowered from 0.50% per annum to 0.29%. In addition, contribution and withdrawal fees - ...

MLC AM awards listed property mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
MLC Asset Management has awarded a mandate to a global investment manager, replacing Presima and BlackRock. Following a review of its global REIT strategy, the fund manager confirmed that NYSE-listed Cohen & Steers won a new mandate but did not disclose ...