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BlackRock appoints head of iShares Aus

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
BlackRock has promoted Mark Oliver to head of its iShares exchange traded fund (ETF) business in Australia. Oliver has been with BlackRock since 2008 and was most recently head of strategic partnerships. Prior to this, he led BlackRock's distribution ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
BlackRock plans to add to staff numbers while expanding its separately managed account (SMA) business next year, said Scott Phillips, BlackRock's head of retail. In response to the recent departures of two members of the research team, Phillips said ...

iShares unveils four Aussie ETFs

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... investor demand for greater choice and flexibility when investing in Australia," said Damien Frawley, chief executive, BlackRock Australia. "Demand for ETFs in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region is now increasing at a faster pace than the rest of ...

More departures at BlackRock

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
Matt Aspinall, research account manager at BlackRock is understood to have left the firm last month, just weeks after another departure within the group's Australian research team. Aspinall joined BlackRock in November 2006 as part of the group's merger ...

Ipac awards $1bn in fixed interest mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 2 NOV 2010
... portfolios, we have the right sort of debt allocations," said Rogers. Ipac terminated its global aggregate mandates with BlackRock and Alliance Bernstein as a result of the restructure. Rogers said the firm also invested $100 million with Antares, a ...

UniSuper owns 5pc of Gunns

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... According to an ASX statement, these fund managers include Herschel Capital Partners, Concord Capital, Schroders and BlackRock. He said it's the decision of the fund managers to invest in companies that fit their investment processes, and UniSuper does ...

Top fund CEOs join climate change panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... David Atkin of Cbus, Anne-Marie Corboy of HESTA Super fund, Stephen Dunne of AMP Capital Investors, Damien Frawley of BlackRock, Emilio Gonzalez of BT Investment Management, and Terry McCredden of UniSuper. "Formation of the Investor CEO Panel on Climate ...

Mixed results for US industry giants

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
... were largely unimpressed with the third quarter earnings reported by some of the industry's leading lights overnight. BlackRock, the world's largest fund manager, reported higher than expected profits and sharp increases to assets under management (AUM) ...

Bad, bad day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Bill Gate's nominated successor. There was bad news for banks. Bank of America shares sold off on reports that PIMCO, BlackRock and the NY Federal Reserve Bank were seeking to force the BoA to repurchase US$47 billion in mortgage bonds packaged by its ...

Aussie fund managers outside top 100

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... First State Investments, the previous leader, slipped to third place, with its AUM falling 10 per cent to US$80 billion. BlackRock remains the global leader by some distance with more than US$3 trillion in AUM, a staggering increase of almost 900 per ...