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Robotic stock picking: the future is now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... humans and machines for stock selection. The question is what scale does this new man and machine combination give to BlackRock - a US$5.1 trillion fund manager who collected US$202 billion net inflows in 2016. In his annual letter to shareholders, BlackRock ...

BlackRock's Fink commends Aussie infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
BlackRock chairman and chief executive Larry Fink has praised Australia's use of private capital in funding infrastructure, and said the US needs to catch up. In his annual letter to shareholders, Fink said the United States trails behind countries ...

Aussie investors push tobacco exclusions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... ever buy a limited set of things at the right price and only in our high-quality lens," Benkendorf said. Commenting on BlackRock's recent announcement to add machine-based stock picking in its active equities product, Benkendorf said it's totally expected. ...

BlackRock moves to machine stock picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
After an extensive review BlackRock has restructured its active equities product offering and affirmed its plans to integrate artificial intelligence, hinting that future jobs will be aligned with robots. In positioning itself for the future, the world's ...

Record crowd rocks FICAP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... Choice Award: Heena Geronimo (Profusion), Aretha Franklin's 'Respect' Colonial First State Best Male Artist: Ben Hickey (BlackRock), Bryan Adams' 'Summer of 69' BT Icon Award: Raymond Tay (Challenger), Prince's 'Purple Rain' UBS Best New Talent: Brian ...

Instos unclear about ETF value

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... Tucker said. Retail and wealth investors on the other hand are the predominant users of ETF instruments, Tucker told BlackRock's global fixed income media briefing yesterday. Australia's rate of ETF adoption sits behind the American, European and Canadian ...

iShares receives 'recommended' rating

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... is an important determinant of successful investing, but volatility can be unnerving," Howie added. iShares ETFs use BlackRock's expertise for trade aggregation, risk monitoring and efficient execution. "Lonsec considers technology to be an important ...

BlackRock makes two senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
BlackRock Australia added two senior hires to the six appointments it made in November last year, following an integration of its institutional and retail distribution teams. Stuart Dunn is the new head of wealth distribution for the northern region ...

TCorp unveils new leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... relationship and account management, and has also previously worked in Sydney and London for Schroder, Barclays and BlackRock. TCorp's chief risk officer role has been filled by Kevin Masling, previously of Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ. With more than ...

Real assets courting insto appetites in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
The majority of large institutional investors will ramp their exposure to real assets in 2017, according to BlackRock research. BlackRock's global survey of 240 large institutional investors - including public and corporate pensions, insurers and foundations ...