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Australian ETF industry competition heats up

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... 'highly concentrated' to being "unconcentrated" "Revenue for the period ending 2013 was dominated by two managers, BlackRock and State Street, with 70% of total revenue," Dyall said. "By the end of 2019, these two managers controlled only 30% ...

Fund managers driven to alternatives: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... pricing." In addition to the findings, Morningstar downgraded AMP Capital Multi-Asset A fund from bronze to neutral and Blackrock's Global Allocation Aus D fund from silver to bronze. Morningstar said AMP's fund demonstrated little discernable competitive ...

Board departure at Sargon subsidiary

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
In another board departure, Sargon subsidiary Tidswell has bid farewell to a board director who chaired the investment committee. Stephen Miller flagged his intention to resign from the trustee board and his committee roles with Sargon in December 2019 ...

BlackRock appoints new chief operating officer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
BlackRock Australia has appointed a new chief operating officer and created a new head of public policy role. BlackRock has confirmed Shane Flatman is vacating the role of chief operating officer of the Australian business. He has held the position ...

Perennial adds to team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... investment specialist to work across its business in Queensland. He joins from the QIC and has previously worked at BlackRock and UBS. Perennial takes minority stakes in small boutique managers and offers distribution and back office support. It currently ...

BlackRock shuts ASX-listed ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
BlackRock has informed investors of its plans to wind up an ASX-listed exchange traded fund following lacklustre demand. The iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF (ITW) started trading in Australia in November 2007 and at the end of last year had $5.65 million in ...

US firm makes second bid for Aussie fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... informed of any developments. Last year Starwood acquired a suburban Sydney office complex for around $438 million from BlackRock and its Australian co-investor Centuria Capital Funds. AOF is an ASX-listed REIT that wholly owns a diversified portfolio ...

GAM hires, launches new strategies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... Pengana Capital where he was lead business development manager for NSW and New Zealand. Prior to that, Crewe worked at BlackRock, where he was responsible for distribution across NSW and the ACT. Alex Zaika, GAM Australia managing director said the appointment ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... analysis of 120 investment managers offering close to 1000 strategies, performed by Rainmaker Information. This year sees BlackRock Investment Management, Fidante Partners, Macquarie Investment Management, UBS Asset Management and Vanguard Investments ...

Aussie share funds boast stellar 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... Equity Fund - 39.2% Regal Australian Long Short Equity Fund - 38.2% ECP AM All Cap - 36.4% Collins St Value Fund - 36.2% BlackRock Equitised Long Short - 34.4% Hyperion Australian Growth - 34.1% CBG Australian Equities - 34.0% IOOF MultiMix Wholesale ...