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BlackRock strengthens real assets team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
BlackRock has appointed a Sydney-based managing director to lead its renewable energy investments in Asia Pacific as it eyes new opportunities in the region. Charlie Reid is relocating from London for the role and will be responsible for sourcing, executing ...

BlackRock wins $55bn mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
BlackRock is set to manage $55 billion of passively managed assets on behalf of UK diversified financial services company Scottish Widows. The former mutual awarded BlackRock the mandate after completing a review of the management arrangements for $202 ...

JP Morgan Asset Management grows distribution team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
JP Morgan Asset Management appointed a former BlackRock institutional director, expanding its Australian distribution team. Prema Basoor links with the US$1.7 trillion firm as an executive director, institutional client advisor. She will be based in ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... At the same time, some of the biggest players are staying off the path. Last week, Financial Standard reported that BlackRock iShares wouldn't go down the active ETF path for now, owing to the regulator's single market maker model. For FEMX ...

BlackRock outlines ETF plans for Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... to the newly-appointed iShares head Christian Obrist. Obrist spoke to Financial Standard about the opportunities that BlackRock sees in advisers, institutionals and managed accounts. "We are not going to go down that track [of actively managed ETFs] ...

Fintech specialist joins platform provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
A former Macquarie, BlackRock and Bravura Solutions senior leader has joined a managed accounts and platform provider in a newly created role. Enda Mahoney has been appointed chief technology officer at Mason Stevens, bringing more than 20 years' experience ...

ETFs increasingly used to trade risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2018
... price discovery tool and to trade risk. Speaking at the Financial Standard Best Practice ETF Forum in Sydney yesterday, BlackRock Investment Management head of institutional sales Katie Petering busted several myths frequently associated with ETFs. Petering ...

Senior Rainmaker executive to join BlackRock

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... Vice-President role, Alshawa will be reporting to Jason Collins, managing director, head of client business, Australasia at BlackRock.

BetaShares wins insto allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... millennials is growing as well." BetaShares has been building out its institutional business. Last month, it hired former Blackrock sales professional Dan Annan as director, institutional business. Annan now leads BetaShares' activities with institutional ...

NAB director joins global manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2018
... director of institutional business. He also previously held roles with Apostle Asset Management, Ibbotson Associates, BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors. "We are pleased to welcome Glen on board. Glen joins us at a timely juncture where his deep ...