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Global ETPs hits $1.58 trillion

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... ETPs and funds and products offering exposure to North American equities which received US$21.3 billion in October. BlackRock's Industry Highlights report found that the global assets under management in the ETP industry reached US$1.578 trillion as ...

Former BlackRock head joins UniSuper

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
Former head of fundamental Australian equities for BlackRock, Mark Himpoo, has joined UniSuper as a senior manager of equities as the super fund continues its in-house investment strategy. With a long career in Australian equities, Himpoo was with BlackRock ...

Aust investment managers climb global ranks

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
... Australia also had a number of new entrants," said Hugh Dougherty, head of manager research at Towers Watson in Australia. BlackRock took out the top spot on the global scale for the second year running followed by State Street Global and Allianz Group. ...

Antares makes global bond fund management appointment

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011
Antares Fixed Income has appointed Mark Nordio as its new global bond fund manager. Nordio comes from BlackRock where he was director and portfolio manager for fixed interest, with responsibility for both domestic and global bonds. In his new role ...

iShares calls for ETF disclosure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... providers, according to iShares, which has released a paper calling for global regulatory standards. iShares, a subsidiary of BlackRock, believes that a global standard classification system should be put in place to ensure clear labeling on the structure ...

BlackRock appoints ING Asian fixed income head

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
BlackRock has appointed Joel Kim, who joins from ING Investment Management, as head of Asia-Pacific fixed income. Kim will be based in Singapore, working closely with the global fixed income team to develop the Asian platform. He will also contribute ...

Sunsuper renews Mercer mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... former head of technology, Andrew Liddell, as head of technical products and services, Paddy Brown who joined from UK BlackRock as senior researcher for Mercer's global real estate boutique and Claire Tan who joined Mercer from Victorian Funds Management ...

iShares appoints new director

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
iShares, BlackRock's exchange traded fund business, has made a senior appointment to its Product and Capital Markets team in Australia. Jonathan Howie has joined the iShares Product and Capital Markets team as director, supporting the distribution of ...

BlackRock Aus share fund on hold as manager retires

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2011
Mark Himpoo, manager of the BlackRock Australian Share Portfolio, has announced plans to retire, according to Morningstar. Himpoo, who was appointed as lead manager of the fund in 2001, made the announcement on September 6 but will remain with the fund ...

Market dislocation shifts share trade to dark pools, ETFs

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... the year to August 11, it said. Exchange traded fund providers also reported a hefty increase in trading volumes with BlackRock iShares saying it experienced more than 400% increase in trades for its MSCI Australia 200 and S&P/ASX High Dividend products ...