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People & Products

NAB Private Wealth and BlackRock have partnered to make exchange traded fund investing more accessible for all Australian investors with a suite of funds....

People & Products

BlackRock Australasia has appointed Jason Collins as head of iShares and index investments for the Australia and New Zealand region....

Features

Investors are keeping an eye on three factors in markets, writes Alexandra Cain, which could drive positive performance in 2022....

People & Products

Aviva Investors has hired Sam Tripuraneni from BlackRock as head of sustainable outcomes to oversee the firm’s climate and social transition....

Funds management

The world’s biggest asset manager has downgraded developed market equities as it worries about a Fed policy error....

Funds management

Environmental, social and governance integration in Asia-Pacific has grown more than any other region over the last year, according to a Capital Group study....

Funds management

The world’s largest asset manager has warned of growing threats, allocating more money to defensive investments as it feels the macroeconomic outlook is deteriorating....

Funds management

BlackRock has updated its three 2022 investment themes to account for the ongoing conflict in Ukraine....

Funds management

The jury is out on whether Chinese equities are at risk over the long term from an enduring conflict in the Ukraine, with disparate views between fund managers....

Funds management

Government bonds might not provide the same level of protection that they have traditionally offered portfolios because of inflation and geopolitical turmoil. ...

Funds management

The “big picture context” of low fixed income yields and persistent global equities performance can be viewed through three themes, including living with inflation, cutti...

Funds management

BlackRock’s focus on sustainability is not because the fund manager is an environmentalist but because of its fiduciary duties to its clients, according to its chief exec...

Funds management

Investors’ weightings to China assume an “overly negative economic outlook”, according to BlackRock, which is unlikely to occur as last year’s tensions begin to dissipate...

Financial planning

Advisers are adopting model portfolios because of the benefits of scale that they provide, according to iShares....

People & Products

Guilherme Lima will develop strategies for BlackRock’s offerings to address the needs of wealth clients throughout Asia Pacific. ...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

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6 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

6 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

8 months ago

The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

3 weeks 4 days ago

Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

2 weeks 3 days ago

ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

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