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A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... Depression both advanced economies and emerging market and developing economies are in recession." Despite this, BlackRock iShares head of APAC investment strategy, ETF and index investing Thomas Taw said investment inflows into China had soared. "Following ...

Morgan Stanley's top picks for Aussie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... BetaShares and BlackRock's products made the cut for vanilla ASX 200 exposure. The more expensive of the two, the BlackRock iShares CORE S&P/ASX 200 (ASX:IOZ) got Morgan Stanley's tick of approval, with the analysts noting its low tracking error. ...

Charles Schwab reverses out of Australia again

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... range of options and was more cost competitive. This pitch was in direct contrast to Aussie ETF giants such as BlackRock iShares which in the past year delisted five US-domiciled ETF products and re-domiciled 14 ETFs locally, with the aim of cutting ...

State Street loses biggest ETF title

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... $4.06 billion at July end. Australian equities ETFs have seen fierce price competition recently. Vanguard and BlackRock iShares both dropped the fees on their offerings in the segment, following BetaShares which launched the cheapest exposure last year. ...

ETFs cross $50bn, fixed income leads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... while currency ETFs bled about $55 million. Vanguard and BetaShares commanded 60% of the net inflows. Adding BlackRock iShares, the three's market share of the net inflows was 80%. Top performing products for the half were BetaShares geared equities ...

BlackRock cuts fees on Aussie shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... pricing strategy, reflecting our continued growth and ability to leverage our scale for the benefits of clients," BlackRock iShares Australia head Christian Obrist said in a statement. This 6bps drop brings it close to the cheapest ASX 200 passive ETF ...

Global iShares lead promoted, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
The global head of BlackRock iShares and index investments has been promoted. BlackRock has confirmed the promotion of Mark Wiedman to head of international and corporate strategy. Wiedman will report directly to BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink. ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... same time, some of the biggest players are staying off the path. Last week, Financial Standard reported that BlackRock iShares wouldn't go down the active ETF path for now, owing to the regulator's single market maker model. For FEMX, Fidelity ...

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 ...

Industry leaders in sales and marketing recognised at MAX Awards

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... State Street Global Advisors - Rebrand Campaign Finalists Aviva Investors - Multi-strategy Target Return Fund BlackRock iShares - Building Better Income Portfolios IOOF - WealthBuilder Investment Bonds UBS Investment Bank - UBS Investment Builders Integrated ...