Blackrock
Canada Life makes passive push with five portfolio funds
Canada Life has expanded its multi-asset range with the launch of five life and pension funds to complement its active range and make its first large-scale push into passive funds.
Terry Smith and Woodford top traded, Vanguard gains ground
While Fundsmith Equity, Woodford Income and Lindsell Train Global were the most popular funds in September, Vanguard “muscled its way in to the top five”, according to Interactive Investor.
BlackRock partners with KBank on absolute return fund
Thailand’s Kasikornbank (KBank) has teamed up with Blackrock to launch the Kasikorn Equity Absolute Return Fund.
Momentum ETFs: the friendly trend
August was a hot month for momentum ETFs. The equity funds which track shares doing well in the stock market saw record inflows of $300m (€250m) from European investors, Blackrock reported.
BlackRock launches commodities ETF for iShares range
US asset manager BlackRock has unveiled a diversified commodities exchange traded fund (ETF) with a total expense ratio of 0.19% as part of its iShares range of passive index trackers.