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Wholesale funds see strong inflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... following a period of fairly flat and volatile conditions. For business year on year, AMP, State Street, Challenger, BlackRock and NAB/MLC all recorded above average increases in business; AMP led the charge with 35.1% and State Street followed with ...

Powerwrap CEO leaves for consultant role

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... 2012, having previously been a consultant. Prior to that, he was head of portfolio services at NAB and a director at BlackRock. He has also held project management roles at SEEK, Investec and INVESCO. Powerwrap's board said it would "like to take this ...

BlackRock to combine insto and retail distribution teams

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
BlackRock Australia has merged its institutional and retail distribution teams and made senior hires from Vanguard, FIIG Securities, Rothschild and BT Financial Group. Following the merger of the two teams, Jason Collins has taken on an expanded role ...

Aussie start-up wins $500m impact investing mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... Principal Global Investors. He has also worked in sales and business development for fund managers Merrill Lynch (now BlackRock) and Colonial First State.

Smart beta performs in Aussie equities

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... management. Vanguard was the fastest growing ETP manager in both dollar ($478 million) and net (31%) flows over the quarter. BlackRock continues to be the largest revenue earner in the ETP market, making $5.8 million in the September quarter. Overall ...

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... social outcomes with exceptional performance," Gunesekera says. Vice president, scientific active equities and member of BlackRock's global equity research team, Joanna Nash and her colleagues recognise the opportunity that lies in aligning purpose and ...

BlackRock launches smart beta ETF suite

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
BlackRock has launched four new exchange-traded funds in Australia, targeting minimum volatility and multifactor strategies. The iShares Edge Smart Beta products comprise the iShares Edge MSCI Australia Minimum Volatility ETF, the iShares Edge MSCI ...

BlackRock slashes iShares ETF fees

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
BlackRock has reduced management fees across its US iShares Core exchange-traded fund suite, which includes three products listed on the ASX. The three ASX-listed ETFs are the iShares S&P 500 ETF, the iShares S&P Mid-Cap ETF and the iShares S&P Small-Cap ...

PM Capital hires two from BTIM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... financial services-related marketing and communications. His prior positions include roles with Fidelity International and BlackRock. "These senior appointments reflect PM Capital's commitment to comprehensively serve our shareholders and unitholders," ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... attractive investment opportunities." The Guardians recently placed new investment mandates with Northern Trust and BlackRock for factor investing and merger arbitrage respectively. Since inception in 2003 the NZ Super Fund has returned 9.72%pa (as at ...