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Integrity and Bennelong win HIP mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... Bernays said Integrity Investment Management's process and staff impressed the fund. Both fund managers join Ausbil Dexia, BGI, Northward Capital and State Street Global Advisors managing the fund's Australian equities allocation, according to Rainmaker ...

...and what it means for Australian instos

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
A combined BlackRock and BGI changes the course of Australia's investment history, creating the tenth largest fund manager in the country with more than $40 billion in assets. Before the proposal, BGI Australia was the 12th largest fund manager in the ...

BlackRock to buy Barclays Global Investors...

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... boast a combined assets under management of more than $3 trillion. Barclays had previously entered into an agreement to sell BGI's iShares business to another party under a "go shop" arrangement. Unless Barclays receives an offer from that party within ...

BGI appoints Australian CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) appointed Will Britten as chief executive of the firm's Australian business. Britten succeeds Morry Waked who was appointed global head of chief investment officer for BGI global active equity business earlier this year. ...

iShares adds three

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... covering telco, health and consumer brands to give investors the chance to tap "defensive" investment sectors. According to BGI-owned iShares, the new ETFs lets Australians tap into iconic global brands in the healthcare, telecommunication and consumer ...

Energy fund bucks market slump

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... the CPRS is intended to shift pricing dynamics in favour of generational resources that reduce carbon emissions. In turn, BGI is aiming to capture the value of transitional beneficiaries such as Combined-Cycle Natural Gas Turbines and other similar attractive ...

Investors turn to ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... invested US$133 billion into exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the first 11 months of 2008. ETF provider Barclays Global Investors (BGI) expects last year's trend to continue through to this year due to market uncertainty. "ETFs remained a beacon for those ...

Boutiques wary of automated systems

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... lack of commitment to convert Australia's manual processing landscape to an automated one. "The high volume players [such as BGI, Vanguard and Macquarie] are all on board, but the smaller fund managers are of the opinion of 'we'll wait and see' when ...

BGI wins $2bn French mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... renewing some of its mandates invested in European equities. Following the completion of the selection process for the third lot, BGI was chosen to run a passive European equities portfolio for the fund. According to FRR, the overall quality of the proposals ...

BGI appoints CIO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... Global Investors' Australian chief executive, Morry Waked, has been promoted to chief investment officer and global head for BGI's global active equity business. Waked has handed over his responsibilities for Australia although he retains his responsibilities ...