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Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... expand its management team. Joining the $3 billion fund's customer experience team as head of product is Amanda Ralph. - BlackRock boosts iShares sales team - BlackRock has hired two experienced sales strategists to its iShares business team in Australia ...

BlackRock boosts iShares sales team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
BlackRock has hired two experienced sales strategists to its iShares business team in Australia to focus on adviser relations. Joshua Persky has been appointed to the newly created role of sales strategist for model portfolios and solutions. Persky ...

BlackRock likes Japan, Europe

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
BlackRock Global Allocation Fund product strategist Matt Estes believes there is a lot to like about Japan and Europe when viewing markets and asset classes across the world. Speaking at a BlackRock event on Thursday, Estes said the fund - which manages ...

FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... aren't the only issue holding alternatives back. Common perceptions about the asset group - labelled "myths" in a 2015 BlackRock report which attempts to debunk them - are that volatility is too high, alternatives are predominantly illiquid and alternative ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... room. Laura Millan asks: China investment or divestment? China's economic growth is at the heart of all discussions. To BlackRock's head of China equities Helen Zhu, "it is tough to get a handle on China's economic growth." Zhu says that if you ask officials ...

VicSuper hires alternative investment specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... recently hired investment risk specialist Effie Tsiaousis. She will be responsible for running the risk model in the BlackRock Aladdin system. Tsiaousis previously worked at Milliman as a financial risk consultant and before that in equity derivatives ...

China local bonds to shake up EM credit

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
The emergence of Chinese local government bonds will change the shape of emerging markets' credit landscape, BlackRock head of Asian Credit Neeraj Seth said. "We are still in the early stages in terms of development of the local government bonds," Seth ...

Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... way in to the alcohol market is investing in property funds directly focused on pubs and clubs. Both Charter Hall and BlackRock have expressed interest in the space recently. But Insync doesn't own banks, resources, utilities or property trusts because ...

Managed funds jump $115 billion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... digit annual growth with some of the better performances in percentage terms recorded by UBS, MFS, Vanguard, Perpetual, BlackRock, State Street, National Australia / MLC and Commonwealth / Colonial.

China infrastructure push to boost Australia exports

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... trade, but a renewed focus on infrastructure could boost the demand for Australian goods. Recent reports by HSBC and BlackRock highlighted that the Chinese government is likely to funnel money to the China Development Bank to support infrastructure works ...