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BlackRock appoints APAC lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
BlackRock has named a new chair and head of Asia Pacific, as Geraldine Buckingham moves into an advisory role. Currently head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Rachel Lord will take over from Buckingham in May of this year. Buckingham, who has ...

No tech bubble: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
BlackRock's macro research team has revealed the $8.7 trillion asset manager is continuing to favour the technology sector going into 2021. "The pandemic has turbocharged transformations that were already underway - from sustainability to inequality. ...

BlackRock reinforces commitment to ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
BlackRock will push companies to disclose plans for their transition to a net-zero carbon economy, chief executive Larry Fink stated in his annual letter to company leaders. Fink's annual letter to chief executives sets the engagement agenda for the ...

BlackRock readies for crypto exposure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... exposure to bitcoin futures. Two filings with US watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal that two of BlackRock's funds - the BlackRock Global Allocation Fund and BlackRock Funds V - could potentially trade in bitcoin derivatives. "Each ...

Does financial services have a problem with women?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... days after a complaint about his behaviour was made by a female employee. Internationally, $8.7 trillion asset manager BlackRock clamped down on workplace romances - telling employees to disclose any intimate relationships with anyone associated with ...

BlackRock assets at record-high

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... strategies, generated $185 billion of net inflows into iShares ETFs and surpassed $1 billion in technology services revenue," BlackRock chair and chief executive Larry Fink said. "BlackRock's continued investment in building a multi-faceted investment ...

NSX appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... new chief operating officer. Chan Arambewela spent over 15 years at ASX Group, during which he worked on the launch of BlackRock's iShares ETFs and ASX's mFunds service. Recently, he has been working at NSXA to harmonise equities trading cycle via Trade ...

BlackRock results reveal Aladdin trajectory

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
BlackRock's end-to-end operating system Aladdin is continuing along its trajectory of world domination, but COVID-19 has provided a blip in revenue growth. BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink has said he wants to see technology revenue make up a third ...

ETF industry revenues revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... calculated the end-of-month MER revenue for each manager with an ETF listed on the ASX. Next on the list were global giants BlackRock and Vanguard with $38.3 million and $34 million in revenue from ETFs for the period. Their share of total revenues was ...

First Sentier hires from AMP Capital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... diversity in the executive teams of the ASX200 companies. First Sentier was joined by Aberdeen Standard Investments, BlackRock Australia, Ellerston Capital, Fidelity International, IFM Investors, Pendal Group and WaveStone Capital.