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Joint venture to set new ETF standard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... and Canada's largest asset manager are looking to transform the Canadian ETF market through a new strategic alliance. BlackRock and RBC Global Asset Management announced a partnership that will deliver the most comprehensive suite of ETFs in Canada under ...

BlackRock and Microsoft develop retirement platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
BlackRock will partner with the global technology giant to develop a new retirement platform. Noting the responsibility for retirement planning now rests with millions of Americans, Microsoft has partnered with BlackRock, and the two global giants intend ...

Private markets attractive for global institutions: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
Latest research from BlackRock shows global institutional investors are turning to private markets. The research - which represents more than USD$7 trillion in investable assets - shows more than half of the 230 institutional clients surveyed intend ...

Super funds wield bank remuneration stick

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... international) made up 52.4% of the investor mix; and retail investors accounted for the remainder. As at 31 October, BlackRock Group was NAB's largest shareholder, holding more than 149 million shares or 5.46% of the register. The Australian Financial ...

Investors to move on property before election: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... downturn and it expects investors to be ahead of the game. Giving its global investment outlook for the year ahead, BlackRock said softening house prices might lead investors to make wholesale changes in anticipation of changes to negative gearing under ...

Challenger kicks off active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... maker risks which the ASIC flagged in its August review of the ETF sector. Australia's second-largest ETF manager BlackRock told Financial Standard in September that it wouldn't venture into active ETFs because of the single-market maker model ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... fees make up a significant portion of its revenues, accounting for 21.7% for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2017. BlackRock, MSCI said, accounted for 11.5% of total revenues making it the largest client based on this measure. Almost 95.3% of the revenue ...

BlackRock appoints regional head

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... will now be the company's deputy global chief operating officer. Both appointments come into effect in February. BlackRock chair and chief executive Larry Fink said: "Asia Pacific is one of BlackRock's most critical priorities. Consistent with ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... 60bps, she says, adding fees have only rocketed since the GFC. As proxies, investors turn to E-mini S&P 500 Futures and a BlackRock ETF that each charge only 4bps, she says. DWS passive capital markets specialist David Stack says prior to the GFC, fixed ...

Future Fund boosts alternatives assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... macro-directional strategies. This asset class is co-managed with 12 others, including Pendal Group, Bridgewater Associates and BlackRock Alternative Advisors. Increasing its alternatives exposure was a means to diversify at the total fund level and ...