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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 ...

Climate risk underappreciated: BlackRock

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
All investors should incorporate climate change awareness into their portfolios, according to the BlackRock Investment Institute (BII), who believes climate factors have been underappreciated and underpriced. In a new Global Insights Report titled "Adapting ...

Global ETPs see strong inflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Global exchange traded products (ETPs) recorded their best monthly flows since December 2014, according to BlackRock's July ETP Landscape Report. The world's largest asset manager reported global ETP flows of $55.2 billion for the six months to end ...

BlackRock publishes staff gender split

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has become the latest to join a handful of firms publishing the gender split of their staff as well as what proportion of women hold senior management roles. The move comes amid growing concerns about the ...

BNPP IP appoints head of advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... industry experience, with developed skills in both sales and operations, including 15 years with global fund manager BlackRock. His most recent role was director, head of wealth advisory (retail), where he held national responsibility for BlackRock's ...

Centuria's Macquarie strategy pays off

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... North Shore. A new Centuria unlisted property fund, the Centuria Zenith Fund, will co-invest with global investment firm BlackRock to acquire the property for a purchase price of $279.1 million. "We expect that Sydney's strongly performing North Shore ...

Advisers need to leverage enormous ETF winds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... better role in client portfolios. After recently surveying institutional investors about their use of ETFs, iShares by BlackRock found that on top of rapid regulatory and technological change there are three to four key areas that could be adopted in ...

SMSFs will shape the future of ETFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... occurred until the market exploded with the launch of 14 international share products by Barclays, later purchased by BlackRock. "Vanguard joined the fray in May 2009 with three funds that simply and effectively covered global shares - Australia, US ...

BlackRock appoints Australia head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
BlackRock has appointed a new country head of Australia. Dominik Rohe was previously based in New York, working in BlackRock's Latin America and Iberia business as head of institutional and wealth lines. Prior to that, he was head of institutional and ...

BlackRock, Aviva receive ratings nod

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
The BlackRock Concentrated Industrial Share Fund has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith, while the Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy Target Return Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec. The BlackRock Concentrated Industrial ...