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China A-shares to shake up EM funds

KARREN VERGARA AND DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018

... exposure to internet stock giants such as Baidu and Alibaba. But as China's emerging market index concentration grows, iShares says investors might be better off adopting a single country focus on China by rethinking emerging markets to exclude China. ...

Global $221bn manager hires BlackRock exec for new Australian office

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018

A global investment manager headquarted in Zurich has appointed the head of wealth for BlackRock's local iShares business to lead an expansion into the Australian market. Alex Zaika will become managing director for Australia at GAM Investments ...

AMP slides off ASX top 20

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018

... market indices," AMP told Financial Standard. The investment products built on the S&P/ASX 20 include a BlackRock ETF, the iShares S&P/ASX 20 ETF, which did not have AMP in its top-10 holdings as at April 30. The S&P/ASX 20 index measures the performance ...

BlackRock names new head of iShares Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018

BlackRock appointed a new head of iShares for Australia, promoting from within. Jonathan Howie will be succeeded by Christian Obrist, relocating to Australia to take up the position. Howie has taken on a new role as head of index strategy, Asia-Pacific. ...

BlackRock confirms iShares delisting timetable

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018

BlackRock has laid out options for iShares ETF investors to liquidate their holdings, reconfirming it will suspend the trading of five products from the ASX in about a month. On May 3, BlackRock said it was pulling five iShares products from the Australian ...

BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018

BlackRock will delist five of its 19 US-domiciled iShares exchange-traded funds from the ASX and convert the remainder as Australian-domiciled ETFs. The world's largest asset manager is moving towards a locally-domiciled product range and the 14 ETFs ...

Retail unit trusts leaking FUM

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018

... BlackRock's strategy in Australia is to provide high conviction active strategies and continue to build on our market leading iShares ETF platform," Zaika said. The Rainmaker study found that ASX's mFunds failed to attract major FUM.

Acorns launches its own super product

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018

... for their future," Lucas added. The super product will invest in seven exchange-traded funds: one from SPDR, four from iShares and one each from Russell and BetaShares. The product is intended to be a low-cost option for younger savers, and if one applies ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017

... planning. ETF Forum Hosted at The Langham in Melbourne, exchange-traded funds (ETF) experts from the likes of BlackRock iShares, State Street Global Advisors, MSCI and VanEck addressed delegates on best practice when it comes to using ETFs in an advice ...

Willis Towers Watson bolsters Sydney investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017

... two analysts to its Sydney team. Former BlackRock director Oliver Berry, who was responsible for institutional sales for iShares in Australia, has joined WTW as a senior portfolio specialist. In welcoming Berry, WTW director of investments for Australia ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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