Blackrock
Macro Views | 1 Mar 16
Brexit: Bigger risk than reward – BlackRock
A Brexit, where the UK votes to leave the EU, offers a lot of risk with little obvious reward, according to the world’s largest fund manager BlackRock.
BlackRock launches first Israeli Ucits ETF
BlackRock has launched an exchange traded fund for European investors to invest directly in the national Israeli index. It is the first fund to offer direct exposure to the underlying constituents of this index.
Global ETF market soars, BlackRock earnings disappoint
The worldwide market for exchange traded funds (ETFs) saw record inflows of $350.9bn in 2015 as investors flocked to new fixed income trackers and looked outside the US for better equity returns.
Investment | 15 Jan 16
From sustainable ETFs to UK infrastructure: the week in product news
Blackrock, JP Morgan, Bluebay, AXA, Wermuth and GCP all launched new products this week.
Investment | 13 Jan 16
BlackRock reshuffles leadership to boost global focus
BlackRock has announced a number of senior leadership changes aimed at, among other things: globalising its fixed income business, unifying its active equities strategies under one head, and increasing the focus multi-asset strategies.