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Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... focus towards fixed income and smart beta in the view that the local market is currently underserving investors. iShares Australia chief executive Jon Howie told the recent Bloomberg Buy-side Forum in Sydney that in terms of smart beta "there's a lot ...

iShares Core launches in Australia

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... All Cap (AUD Hedged) ETF (IHWL). The other equity option is the iShares Core S&P / ASX 200 ETF (IOZ). Head of iShares Australia Jon Howie said the release of iShares Core was in response to the growing demand for simplified and diversified investment ...

BlackRock boosts iShares sales team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... including portfolio analysis and construction, security valuation, market structure, trading and execution," head of iShares Australia Jon Howie said. Alex Zaika joins iShares from Barclays Capital, where he was a sales manager focusing on investor solutions. ...

MSCI makes key hire to lead local ETF charge

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... Global Investors (BGI), including head of BGI's retail, multi manager and intermediary business, and co-head of iShares Australia. In this latter role he was responsible for bringing the iShares brand to Australia and launching the first international ...

ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
... October. "Global trends identified in the report are being broadly echoed in Australia," said Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia. "Local ETPs are a fast-growing investment product category having recorded more than 20 percent growth in Australia ...

Lofty A$ supports offshore ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2012
... to tap markets outside Australia and gain access to a broader set of industrial sectors. Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia said that while he estimates offshore ETF usage by institutions to be up to three times the volume traded on the local exchange ...

ETPs have record start to the year

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... high flows in Q4, but 2012 broke from this normal cyclical pattern," said Mark Oliver, managing director of iShares Australia. "We believe that growing risk-appetite, in the context of low yields in most global markets, may have been a driver." The top-ten ...

Record month for ETPs

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... gains from fixed income investments during times of volatile equity markets. Mark Oliver, managing director of iShares Australia said fixed income ETFs provided desirable accessibility and transparency for bond investors. "With fixed income ETFs shortly ...

iShares calls for ETF disclosure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... "We've been noticing around the world a drift from the original principles of ETFs," said Mark Oliver, head of iShares Australia. "We're seeing the emergence of complex, synthetic products in other jurisdictions. These products may be called ETFs but ...

iShares appoints new director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... our commitment to education and specialist support for ETF investors," said Mark Oliver, managing director, iShares Australia. "As the Australian ETF industry grows and new asset classes become available, I believe transparency, education and investor ...