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BlackRock regional stewardship lead retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
The head of Asia Pacific investment stewardship at BlackRock is retiring. Pru Bennett has served in the role since 2010, establishing comprehensive voting and engagement policies and strategies for numerous markets in the region. She has also been instrumental ...

BlackRock confirms iShares delisting timetable

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
BlackRock has laid out options for iShares ETF investors to liquidate their holdings, reconfirming it will suspend the trading of five products from the ASX in about a month. On May 3, BlackRock said it was pulling five iShares products from the Australian ...

BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
BlackRock will delist five of its 19 US-domiciled iShares exchange-traded funds from the ASX and convert the remainder as Australian-domiciled ETFs. The world's largest asset manager is moving towards a locally-domiciled product range and the 14 ETFs ...

Retail unit trusts leaking FUM

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... funds. They are growing rapidly, at a pace that is three times faster than any other part of the managed funds pool. BlackRock believes investors are pulling their money out of retail unit trusts as the asset management industry shows a "fee for no service"-like ...

Financial services giants launch ESG indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... to launch a suite of environmental, social and governance (ESG) indices for institutional investors. J.P. Morgan and BlackRock have joined forces to create the J.P. Morgan ESG Index (JESG), which aims to meet bond investors' growing demand for a benchmark ...

Praemium appoints managed accounts expert in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... While at Praemium, Gupta also headed up its investment operations for a time. Prior to this, she spent many years at Blackrock, most notably as associate vice president - managed accounts. "We are delighted to welcome Megha to Netwealth given her extensive ...

HUB24 expands distribution team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... she served as head of strategic accounts. She has also previously worked for Westpac, BNP Paribas Asset Management and BlackRock. Day will be responsible for managing and building strategic relationships with HUB24's large licensee clients. In addition ...

RARE wins mandate from $182bn US manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... and communications. By becoming a part of Principal's multi-manager suite, RARE joins other global managers including BlackRock, BNP Paribas, Boston Company, Credit Suisse, Macquarie, Pictet, Principal Global Investors, Symphony and Tortoise. "We are ...

WTW names APAC corporate risk leader

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... fast growing region," he said. Late last year, WTW expanded its Sydney investment team with the appointments of former BlackRock director Oliver Berry, former NAB senior analyst Kathereen Carebros and former BNP Paribas senior fund administrator Ricky ...

2018 FICAP 'Who Wants to be a Rockstar' raises over $300k

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... Cameron (Morningstar), Cutting Crew's I just died in your arms tonight Ironbark Best New Talent Award: Scarlett Dorney (BlackRock), Aqua's Barbie Girl Colonial First State Best Returning Talent Award: Aaron Gascoigne (PM Capital), The Knack's My Sharona/Europe's ...