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Debt ceiling forces US Treasury to suspend TSP contribs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... industry fund for US federal employees and uniformed services personnel. Its investments are constructed on a series of BlackRock exchange traded funds (ETF) that underpin choices of government securities, fixed income, US equities, US small cap equities ...

VicSuper adopts fresh approach to sovereign exposure

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... manage what it regards as heightened global sovereign risk. Working with investment adviser Towers Watson, fund manager BlackRock Investment Management and index provider Barclays Capital, VicSuper has customised a new benchmark index by combining a ...

Greencape lures BlackRock analyst

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... to join its investment team, where he will be responsible for stock analysis and selection. Koh joins Greencape from BlackRock where he served as a vice-president and equity analyst within the fundamental Asian equity team. His areas of stock-picking ...

ETP flows beat pre-GFC record

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013

Five Aus equities managers share $1bn in new mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... equities for VicSuper, which funded the new mandates by taking money away from passive Australia equities mandates run by BlackRock and the SSgA Australian SAM Sustainability Fund. All the mandates are worth $165 million each, except Vinva's which is ...

Praemium voted responsible entity for BlackRock SMA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
BlackRock Investment Management has confirmed that Praemium Australia will become the responsible entity for its separately managed accounts (SMA) scheme. The SMA scheme, known as the BlackRock Customised Portfolio Service (CPS) has more than $660 million ...

Ex-Ascalon boss starts at BlackRock

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... boutique Ascalon Capital's former chief executive officer has this week started his new job as of head of alternatives for BlackRock in Australia. After announcing in June this year that he was leaving Ascalon, a subsidiary of Westpac's BT Financial ...

Interest rates to tumble below 2.5%: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... to record lows as the Australian economy struggles against a weaker mining sector and low global growth, according to BlackRock's Australian head of fixed income Stephen Miller. The investment specialist says that the rosy picture of the Australian economy ...

CareSuper to shed mandates

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... Rainmaker research shows. CareSuper's largest was awarded to Schroders in 2010 and is worth approximately $274.45 million. BlackRock managed the most Asset Super cash across any asset class at 30 June 2012, with a $155.03 million Australian fixed interest ...

Double-digit Asian equity returns in 2013: BlackRock

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
... moment for investors to take advantage of battered Asian stocks, particularly in more cyclical sectors, according to BlackRock's Andrew Swan. Speaking via video link-up from Hong Kong at a press event yesterday, the head of Asian fundamental equities ...