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BlackRock to drop 500 staff

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
About 500 BlackRock staff will be laid off in the coming weeks, the investment house has confirmed. In an internal memo to staff, BlackRock president Rob Kapito said growing market uncertainty and evolving investor preferences are driving the firm's ...

Global iShares lead promoted, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... distribution of iShares products and BlackRock's suite of active products. Ramji is a former senior partner at McKinsey & Company, having led its asset management and retirement practice areas. The appointments come at the same time as news BlackRock ...

Superannuation a mystery to students: survey

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... announcing it in March last year. "It was an online survey conducted by Student Services Australia, (Student Super's sister company) using the StudentVIP database which accounts for 50% of all university students in Australia. Student Services Australia ...

Joint venture to set new ETF standard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... new standard for the Canadian ETF market through high quality solutions and service. RBC GAM is the largest mutual fund company in Canada by assets under management as at 30 September 2018. BlackRock is the world's largest ETF provider by assets under ...

Advice groups sign on to HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... HUB24 platform to provide a flexible platform, solution that catered to the needs of their advice networks, HUB24 said in company filings yesterday. The company is currently conducting the pilot of its ConnectHUB offering which will allow advisers to ...

MetLife Australia wins tech award

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... the top leaders in insurtech for 2018 for the re-released product, on December 18. The insurer is the only Australian company to make the list compiled by the Association of Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD). The 50-year-old organisation ...

WestConnex among largest infrastructure deals in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... Innogy ($32.8bn) and Direct Energie ($22.5bn) topped the largest deals. SCANA Corporation ($21bn), an energy-based holding company located in the US, came in third place. Over the course of 2018, 2454 infrastructure deals were made totalling US$322 billion ...

Retail investors see limited upside in 2019

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... portfolios and be opportunistic for upside when the market sells off," he said. Sagun told investors to keep an eye on company earnings. If earnings growth expectations are positive (which they are now) equity markets tend to have positive returns, he ...

Blue Sky appoints CFO

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... Investments' chief financial officer on January 14, after working in CFO roles at RPG Developments and Consolidated Pastoral Company. "Walker has an extensive finance career and diverse background across listed, private equity backed and privately owned ...

Saxo chief departs for BT

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... of hiring a new chief executive for Saxo in Australia," Reynolds said. "We thank Ben Smoker for his contribution to the company and wish him well in his new role." In May last year, Saxo created a new market strategist role in Australia, to help its ...