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Advisers still servicing few wealthy clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... Australians. Only 15% of Australians use a financial adviser, the Global Investor Pulse Survey by investment manager BlackRock found. Income is essential to those seeking financial advice and 25% of those who earn more than $150,000 or with household ...

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
... 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 a warning that "Growing signs of political dysfunction ...

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
... securities. It has returned 17% in the 12 months to 31 August and 23.67% annualised since it was launched in October 2009. The BlackRock Multi Opportunity Fund and Whitehaven SPC Correlation Funds were runners-up for the top gong. PM Capital, Macquarie ...

Aussie ETF use reaches new level of sophistication

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... 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 that the ASX ETF industry has ...

AUI strengthens compliance governance division

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2013
... organisation and managing relationships with external legal providers and other key stakeholders. Lipp joins AUI from BlackRock Investment Management, where he was general counsel and statutory director.

Praemium returns to growth

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
... acquisitions, plus launched new products into both the Australian and UK markets. "The acquisitions of WealthCraft and BlackRock's SMA platform (also known as the Customised Portfolio Service) add key building blocks to our existing product suite, with ...

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 ...