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Chinese equities poised for reform: BlackRock

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Immediate changes in the Chinese equities market after the country's once-in-a-decade leadership transition are unlikely, said BlackRock. China's new leaders are the first ones not appointed by the old revolutionary cadre, and many think this spells ...

ETP flows eclipse 2011 totals

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012
Year-to-date exchange traded product (ETP) flows have surpassed the total amount recorded in 2011, according to BlackRock Investment Institute's October ETP Landscape report. Flows of $192.3 billion have already been recorded this year. Last year's ...

BNP Paribas appoints relationship management head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed Katherine Seymour as head of head of relationship management for its 'asset owner' clients in Australia, it was announced yesterday. Seymour assumes responsibility for the team managing relationships and ...

Tyndall strengthens investment team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
Tyndall AM continues to strengthen its investment team with the appointment of Vincent Lo Blanco to the newly created position of senior investment specialist - fixed income and alternatives. Lo Blanco joins Tyndall from Blackrock Australia where he ...

Indexing reaches all time high

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
Indexed funds under management have enjoyed enormous popularity since the GFC, with assets outgrowing non-indexed FUM by a factor of seven to one. June 2012 saw the figure for indexed FUM climb to $238 billion - the highest ever level in Australia ...

BlackRock earns double honours at hedge fund awards

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
The BlackRock Australian Equity Market Neutral Fund received double honours at the annual Cure Our Kids Australian Hedge Fund Awards last night, winning awards for Australian hedge fund of the year, and best market neutral fund. The wholesale fund delivered ...

Praemium captures BlackRock's SMA business

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
Praemium Australia is poised to take over BlackRock Investment Management's Separately Managed Accounts business after it yesterday entered into an agreement with the fund manager. The completion of the transaction, however, is subject to a number of ...

BlackRock to focus on model-based fixed income inv

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
Multinational fund manager BlackRock is increasingly focusing on a model-driven approach of fixed income investing for its clients in Australia and overseas, as it believes this is the method of the 21 st century. BlackRock describes model-based fixed ...

ipac securities awards Vinva $1.2bn mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
ipac securities has awarded Vinva Investment Management a $1.2 billion active long only equity mandate, following a detailed review of its manager composition in the Australian share sector. ipac's decision to award Vinva this mandate follows breaking ...

Investment management hit by downturn

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2012
A cocktail of market blows since the GFC which led super funds to reduce costs by going passive, amalgamate through economies-of-scale, and the internalisation of portfolio management by larger funds - plus reduced availability of capital - has meant ...