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Aussie asset managers fourth-fastest in global growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... published a joint study of the world's 500 largest managers based on 2019 assets with Pensions & Investments. US names (BlackRock, Vanguard and Fidelity) came out as the largest managers but the report found fast growing asset management markets (in ...

AMP awards mandate to BlackRock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
BlackRock has won a passive investment strategy mandate from AMP New Zealand for an undisclosed amount. AMP's subsidiary AMP New Zealand Wealth Management (NZWM) has awarded the mandate to BlackRock Investment Management to deliver the new indexed ...

Cash no longer king

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... Securities Physical Gold (GOLD) were the top two ETFs receiving $166 million and $133 million respectively back in July. The BlackRock iShares S&P/ASX200 ETF was the top ETF by inflows over the last two weeks, followed by BetaShares Australian Equities ...

State Super appoints academic oversight body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... School of Economics and has extensive industry experience in the application of quantitative statistical methods at Blackrock, Fidelity, AXA Rosenberg and HESTA. "The increasing scale and sophistication of capital markets drives asset owners toward using ...

ASI names global head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
Aberdeen Standard Investments has named a former BlackRock executive to the newly created position of global head. Alex Hoctor-Duncan has been with ASI for two years as global sales director, prior to which he was at BlackRock for over 21 years, most ...

MySuper funds redeem performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... Unhedged (5.2%). In the personal or balanced category, the top-three performers were: MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals - BlackRock Global Allocation Fund (10.8%), WA Personal Super - Sustainable Future (7.5%) and UniSuper Personal Accounts - Sustainable ...

Investors take charge in C-suite equality

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... committed to driving change and pledging to see women fill 40% of C-suite roles by 2030. Aberdeen Standard Investments, BlackRock Australia, Ellerston Capital, Fidelity International, First Sentier Investors, IFM Investors, Pendal Group and WaveStone ...

Aussie fundie receives global recognition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
An Australian fund manager has made the best female global fund managers list for the second year in a row. Fidelity International portfolio manager Kate Howitt was ranked 11th on UK publication Citywire's list of the top 30 female fund managers ...

ETFs undermine product comparison: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
The proliferation of products in the booming exchange-traded funds market is confusing investors and making it impossible to make like-for-like comparisons. New research from the US shows the exchange-traded product industry operates opaquely on many ...

BlackRock clamps down on work romances

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
BlackRock is urging its employees to disclose their involvement in office romances, as well as intimate relationships with anyone associated with the US$7.4 trillion asset manager, in a bid to crack down on conflicts of interest. BlackRock staff members ...