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BlackRock hires WA state manager

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2010
... will be responsible for promoting BlackRock's managed fund business, separately managed accounts (SMAs) products and its iShares business.

India funds in short supply

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... companies in the Greater China, Indian Sub-continent, East and South-East Asian regions. Tom Keenan, director of retail iShares Australia pointed out that Australian investors probably identify with China to a greater extent than India, simply because ...

ETFs hit trillion dollar milestone

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... outflows of US$163 billion. With 453 ETFs, assets under management of US$506.8 billion, and a market share of 46.3 per cent, iShares, owned by BlackRock, is by some distance the world's single largest ETF provider. State Street Global Advisors is next ...

ETFs tough to white label

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
... but that could be hard to do in practice due to structural issues, according to one ETF expert. Tom Keenan, director at iShares in Australia, said many financial planning dealer groups are seeking to white label an ETF - just as they've white labelled ...

BlackRock BGI merger completed

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2009
BlackRock has completed its merger with Barclays Global Investors, including Barclay's iShares exchange traded funds business. The combined firm will operate under the BlackRock name and the iShares brand will be retained. "Beginning today, we move ...

ETFs delve deeper into China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
Australian financial planners may soon be able to diversify their exposure to emerging markets after iShares launched its China A Share exchange traded funds (ETF). The five ETFs started trading in Hong Kong last week and are not yet available to Australian ...

Oasis adds two groups and recovers FUM

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... funds (ETFs) from Barclay's Global Investors and State Street Global Advisors onto the platform. The six ETFs include the iShares S&P 500, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets, SPDR S&P/ASX 200 fund and the SPDR S&P/ASX 50 fund. But Lowe said financial planners ...

BGI iShares opens capital markets division

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2009
Exchange traded fund (ETF) provider, iShares has developed a capital markets division in Asia Pacific to ensure the firm's ETFs remain liquid and priced competitively. The Hong Kong-based division will work with iShares dealers and market makers across ...

Matrix adds ETFs to APL

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
Matrix Planning Solutions has added the Aurora Sandringham Dividend Trust, a number of iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs) and two State Street SPDR ETFs to the group's approved product list. The group's approved product list will now include the State ...

BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors...

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
BlackRock has signed a purchase agreement to buy Barclays Global Investors including its ETF platform, iShares, to create a $3.3 trillion (US$2.7 trillion) asset management giant. According to a media statement released this morning, the deal will see ...