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Advisers still servicing few wealthy clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
Financial advisers are still servicing very few and very wealthy clients, despite the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform's objective of bringing advice to more Australians. Only 15% of Australians use a financial adviser, the Global Investor Pulse ...

Montgomery nabs BlackRock exec as head of Distribution

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
Montgomery Investment Management has appointed former BlackRock managing director and head of Retail as head of Distribution. Scott Phillips will head the distribution of the manager's retail fund, The Montgomery Fund. Phillips has twelve years' experience ...

Former BlackRock COO joins J.P. Morgan

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
J.P. Morgan has appointed BlackRock chief operating officer Henry Capra as its new head of custody and funds services for Australia and New Zealand. Capra will replace Mark Kelley, who has held the role since December 2011. Kelley will move into a full ...

Congress dysfunction hits US bond confidence

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
Political dysfunction in the US has raised concerns the super power may not fully pay bond holders, a risk formerly only associated with emerging market economies. BlackRock Inc has just released its latest 'Willingness to Pay' report that contains ...

BlackRock creates global real estate investment platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
BlackRock has created an international real estate investment platform after acquiring MGPA, a private equity real estate investment company in Asia-Pacific and Europe. The acquisition assembles a combined $23.5 billion global real estate into an investment ...

Laminar awarded hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
Laminar Funds took home the Australian hedge fund of the year award for its Laminar Credit Opportunities Fund at a ceremony at The Star in Sydney yesterday. The fixed interest fund invests in a range of corporate bonds, bank debt, credit derivatives ...

Aussie ETF use reaches new level of sophistication

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
The sophisticated ways in which Australian advisers are using exchange traded funds belies the relative immaturity of the local market, according to BlackRock's global ETF business iShares. BlackRock director and iShares specialist Jonathan Howie said ...

AUI strengthens compliance governance division

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) is strengthening its legal, compliance and governance capabilities with a newly-created role and a senior appointment. AUI has created the role of senior governance manager and Liesl Petterd has been appointed to it. ...

Praemium returns to growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Platform provider and portfolio administrator Praemium has posted net profits of $4.4 million, after recording a loss of $3.9 million last year. Overall the company's revenue grew by 8%, or approximately $1 million, reaching $14 million. Chief executive ...

Strong credit-based strategies contenders in 2013 Hedge Fund Award nominations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
The nominees for the 2013 Australian Hedge Fund Awards have been revealed with last year's winner BlackRock being nominated again for the Fund of the Year along with Laminar and Whitehaven. BlackRock has been nominated for the Multi Opportunity Fund ...