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VGI Partners posts $43m in June half profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... risk management," said VGI Partners chief executive Jonathan Howie. who joined the firm in April from BlackRock's iShares business. The firm said during the half it also invested in its client-facing platform, and implemented a new accounting system ...

Best fixed interest funds revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... The Lazard EM Total Return Debt Fund came in second place with a 5.8% annual return on a three-year basis, followed by iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bonds (AUD hedged) ETF which returned 5.6%. Rounding out the top five was the iShares Core ...

BlackRock adds to APAC leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
BlackRock has named the head of iShares and index investments for Asia Pacific, promoting from within. Peter Loehnert has been appointed to the role, which is based in Hong Kong, and will be responsible for iShares' ETF market share and adoption ...

Only one quarter of ETP growth from performance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... Vanguard's Australian Shares Index ETF proved to be the most popular product last quarter, with $428 million in flows. The iShares Core S&P ASX 200 ETF, which is Australia's fifth largest ETP and has $3.8 billion in FUM, had the worst outflows for the ...

Robo advice potential skyrockets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... investment solutions. Around 70% of the options are diversified and are often made up of ETFs, with the most common being iShares, Vanguard and BetaShares. Rainmaker believes the attractiveness of robo advice is the average fees of just 0.3% p.a., based ...

Pendal open to more acquisitions

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... where he spent a large chunk of his career, including with State Street's SPDR in North America and BlackRock's iShares. "Their requirement of scale, the cost of managing and launching and the complexity is high...It's an area we have talked ...

Another cash ETF bites the dust

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
Less than two years after listing on the Chi-X, a Daintree-managed short-term fixed income ETF has delisted from the exchange. The eInvest Cash Booster Fund (managed fund) (ECAS ) targeted 0.5% above cash rate (net of fees) by investing in cash, term ...

BlackRock lists three ESG ETFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
sustainability focus. The three funds are the iShares Core MSCI Australia ESG Leaders ETF (IESG), iShares Core MSCI World Ex Australia ESG Leaders ETF (IWLD) and iShares Core MSCI World ex Australia ESG Leaders (AUD Hedged) ETF (IHWL). IESG seeks to ...

BlackRock unifies offering, rejigs executives

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
BlackRock Australia is combining its client business and iShares teams to deliver whole of portfolio solutions to clients, reshuffling its executives in the process. According to the investment giant, the bringing together of the teams will bring a ...

Last day to vote in MAX Awards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... winners last year included BlackRock, Vanguard and Zurich, while individuals honoured included BlackRock's national iShares specialist James Waterworth who was named distribution executive of the year and Legg Mason head of marketing Felicity Nicholson ...