BLACKROCK

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...

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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...

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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...

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Financial planning

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

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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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Funds management

There is a growing concentration among the top 20 managers whose market share increased to 44% of total assets, according to the Thinking Ahead Institute....

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Features

Although seemingly having good intentions for the public, Chris Dastoor writes, political battle lines have taken priority in the common ownership inquiry....

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Funds management

Although “striking in its magnitude” of how much of the ASX 50 is held by intuitional funds, an academic says there is little research to suggest funds that track an inde...

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Superannuation

As superannuation funds grow in assets, NAB chief executive, Ross McEwan, is concerned they will hold excess influence over firms as large shareholders in the future....

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Funds management

Once used as tactical instruments in a portfolio, exchange traded funds have evolved low-cost ways to build a portfolio....

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People & Products

Peter Loehnert has been appointed head of iShares and index investments for Asia-Pacific, commencing from the start of October....

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Funds management

With Japan’s vaccine roll-out falling behind and its stockmarket underperforming, will the Olympics help Japan’s economic outlook?...

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Funds management

As Japan takes centre stage of host of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which Japanese fund has received the gold medal for performance?...

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Funds management

It is the first equity environmental, social and governance exchange traded funds to be offered in the Australian market....

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Features

Opting for a core/satellite approach can be an easier way for advisers to utilise thematic exchange traded funds, writes Chris Dastoor, as they navigate an abundance of o...

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