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Still pent-up demand as ETFs celebrate record year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... BlackRock. ASX-listed ETPs attracted new assets of US$97.7 million in January to reach total assets of US$6.9 billion. Mark Oliver, head of iShares in Australia, said: " Local investors have been largely focused on International Equity and Income-oriented ...

Ex-Macq banker to head up Govt clean energy fund

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... executive officer of the Federal Government's renewable energy investment vehicle, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Oliver Yates will be the first chief executive of the fledgling fund, and will be responsible for its day-to-day operations ...

Bear market end in sight: AMP Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... There are some pretty good signs that the secular bear market may be coming to an end, according to AMP Capital's Shane Oliver. Since the galling crash of the dotcom bubble in the summer of 2000, the stock market has struggled to provide investors with ...

TAL appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2012
... created role, Clarke will be working alongside the life insurance giant's managing director Jim Minto. He joins TAL from Oliver Wyman, where he advised financial services companies across the region on strategy and operations. Prior to that, Clarke held ...

Retirement solution upside for investment managers: Oliver Wyman

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... management (FUM) from 8% in 2010 to 16% by 2020, represents golden opportunities for investment managers, Jacob Hook of Oliver Wyman Financial Services advised delegates at IMCA's (Investment Management Consultants Association) annual conference in Sydney ...

RBA holds rates but deploys rhetoric as magic pudding

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... market investment in other developed countries like the US and UK where central bank rates remain at 0.5% or below. Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital, said he was surprised by what he described as a very explicit statement on the part of the ...

ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... months to the end of October. "Global trends identified in the report are being broadly echoed in Australia," said Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia. "Local ETPs are a fast-growing investment product category having recorded more than 20 percent ...

Hybrid securities back in favour

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... or convertible preference shares and generally offer investors bond-like returns while carrying equity-like risks. Mark Oliver, managing director at iShares said that the recent rush of hybrids reflects pent up investor demand for high yields and greater ...

Advisers struggle to add value

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... expect to see what they get for that money and in that process the adviser's value add is very much on display," said Mark Oliver, managing director at iShares. Oliver noted that what the current environment has done is to ensure advisers are delivering ...

Market wrap - AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... Friday. Rates on Italian benchmark debt dipped to 5.076 per cent from 5.092 per cent. An audit by US financial consultancy Oliver Wyman released ahead of the weekend said Spanish banks needed 59.3 billion euros ($A74 billion) to fix their balance sheets ...