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2020 MAX Award winners named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... Financial Standard MAX Awards, presented via virtual ceremony last night. Big winners in the 15th annual awards include BlackRock, Legg Mason, Vanguard and Zurich. BlackRock's national iShares specialist James Waterworth took out Executive of the ...

RealIndex taps former RF Capital executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... Guido's role is newly created, and sees the firm's team grow to 14, 11 of which are investment professionals. A former BlackRock portfolio manager, Guido has also served as chief investment officer of Callisto Asset Management and as a portfolio manager ...

First virtual MAX Awards go live tonight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
The first virtual Financial Standard MAX Awards will go live from 6pm tonight, celebrating the best and brightest in advertising, marketing and sales. Now in their 25th year, and first as a virtual event, the MAX Awards will be presented online hosted ...

BlackRock drops fees on bond ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
BlackRock has cut the fees on three fixed income ETFs for Australian investors, bringing them under 20bps per year each. The iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF) will go from charging 20 bps per year in management fees to 15bps. Both iShares Government ...

QIC appoints executive director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... LGM Investments, an emerging and frontier markets boutique under BMO's banner. Prior to joining BMO in 2013, he headed BlackRock's Australian institutional business as a managing director. "I am very pleased to welcome Ravi to QIC. As we navigate through ...

Global ETF leaders push for reform

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... world's largest exchange traded product issuers have partnered to petition for classification reform, in a move which BlackRock head of iShares Australasia Christian Obrist said would help to improve transparency for investors. In a proposal to US stock ...

Fed buys up BlackRock ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
BlackRock has emerged as the biggest winner of the US Federal Reserve's corporate bond buying program, with its ETFs making up around half of the central bank's purchases. The Fed bought US$1.58 billion in investment grade and high-yield ETFs in May ...

BlackRock iShares launches two ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... invests in Bloomberg AusBond Credit 0+ Yr Index and will charge 0.15bps per year in management fees. Outside of the index, BlackRock will use ESG screens for both ETFs to exclude companies involved in controversial weapons, fossil fuels, tobacco, civilian ...

FICAP sponsors donate $150k despite postponement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... Foundation IOOF Ironbark Janus Henderson MLC Asset Management Aberdeen Standard Investments AMP Capital Ausbil Bennelong BlackRock BT Capital Group Fidelity First Sentier Investors Franklin Templeton Investments GQG Partners GSFM HUB24 KPMG Lazard Legg ...

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... will forever change our long-term return expectations and strategic allocations. That's according to think-tank BlackRock Investment Institute, which believes the coronavirus has accelerated and changed structural fundamentals. "The coronavirus shock ...