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Former BlackRock director joins Atchison

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
Atchison Consultants has appointed former BlackRock Investment Management director Amos Hill as a senior consultant. Hill's responsibilities will cover fund establishment, investment classes, product development and market research and analysis. Hill ...

Hedge funds can reduce risk, despite reputation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... investors - they often have a reputation for being high risk, expensive, illiquid and difficult to access. But according to BlackRock head of client business Andrew Landman, these myths are leading investors to overlook the benefits of holding these ...

BlackRock wins four NZ Super mandates

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
Investment giant BlackRock has won four new mandates from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super). BlackRock will manage four new passive global equities mandates: passive global large cap equity, small cap equity, emerging markets equity and ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Group, US firms Bridgewater Associates and CBRE Global Investors complete the top 3 investors in alternative assets. BlackRock is one of only two UK managers to make the top ten while Goldman Sachs & Co. rounds off the top five.

BlackRock property head takes PFA top job

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
BlackRock head of Australian real estate Paul Healy will become chief executive of the Property Funds Association (PFA) from September. His departure from BlackRock was effective as of 30 June. During Healy's 22-year tenure at the asset manager, he ...

FSC Conference kicks off July 31

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... Brogden will be speaking at the event. They will be joined by former US Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage and BlackRock Asia Pacific chairman Mark McCombe. Victoria Cross and Medal for Gallantry recipient Benjamin Roberts-Smith will also address ...

BlackRock head of multi-manager departs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
BlackRock Australia has confirmed Scott Phillips, head of advisor networks and multi-manager, has left the company to pursue other opportunities. Phillips finished with BlackRock on 25 June 2013. Commenting on Phillips' departure BlackRock head of retail ...

Former BlackRock exec to head up new BMO operation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... will be based in Melbourne under the direction of Ravi Sriskandarajah, the former head of institutional business at BlackRock. Sriskandarajah has more than 15 years of asset management experience, most recently as head of institutional business at BlackRock ...

Board quotas an "embarrassment" for Australia: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... egalitarian Australia "would prove to be an embarrassment," despite the obvious benefits that diversity brings, according to BlackRock. In a new research report, BlackRock also said the glacial pace of growth of women on boards means that the imposition ...

Five new funds added to FirstChoice platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... diversified portfolio of predominantly Australian companies. Two investment options will also be reopened to new applications: BlackRock Australian Share (to be renamed BlackRock Scientific Australian Equity) and Colonial First State Developing Compa ...