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Advisers still servicing few wealthy clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... Australians. Only 15% of Australians use a financial adviser, the Global Investor Pulse Survey by investment manager BlackRock found. Income is essential to those seeking financial advice and 25% of those who earn more than $150,000 or with household ...

Laminar awarded hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
... securities. It has returned 17% in the 12 months to 31 August and 23.67% annualised since it was launched in October 2009. The BlackRock Multi Opportunity Fund and Whitehaven SPC Correlation Funds were runners-up for the top gong. PM Capital, Macquarie ...

Aussie ETF use reaches new level of sophistication

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... Australian advisers are using exchange traded funds belies the relative immaturity of the local market, according to BlackRock's global ETF business iShares. BlackRock director and iShares specialist Jonathan Howie said that the ASX ETF industry has ...

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 ...

Investors need income rethink after RBA rate cut

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... Australia (RBA)'s decision to cut rates may mean that income investors should adopt a changed approach, according to BlackRock head of fixed income Steve Miller. The RBA cut the base rate by 25 basis points to a record low of 2.75% in the wake of rising ...

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 ...

Ascalon investment head swaps into H3

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2012
... Capital's second departure in June after chief executive Andrew Landman earlier this month announced he was moving to Blackrock. Ascalon is a minority shareholder in H3, and said that it has actively supported Nelson's transition. "H3 has grown strongly ...

Ex-MLIM chief and head of sales to lead Powerwrap

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Maurice O'Shannassy, former head of MLIM managed accounts and ex-Blackrock and fomer NAB executive Cormac Heffernan, return to the managed accounts industry to lead Powerwrap, a relatively young outfit that this year secured Industry Fund Services as ...

Rainmaker releases 2012 platform report

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
... billion sector that is on its way to become $1.4 trillion through the decade. The most commonly listed were BTFG, CFS, BlackRock and Perpetual. The leading multi-managers were Optimix, MLC, AMP (including Future Directions), Russell and Mercer. While ...

SEC triggers industry protest storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... concerned about the redemption restrictions that they believe could severely test investors' confidence in mutual funds. BlackRock, in their Viewpoint newsletter series, have outlined alternative proposals that effectively offer a compromise position ...