Former BlackRock fund manager jailed for “gross abuse of trust”
Mark Lyttleton, a former fund manager at BlackRock, has been jailed for one year after admitting two counts of insider dealing.
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BlackRock’s Stenning to leave after 16 years
BlackRock’s Tony Stenning is set to leave the firm at the end of the year after 16 years.
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Election melodrama fails to stem the flood into US equity ETFs – Blackrock
BlackRock’s breakdown of October’s global ETP landscape showed US investors pouring into US large caps and wary of European equities.
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BlackRock reports revenue drop despite net flows of $70bn
BlackRock has reported net flows of $70bn during its third quarter but this was not enough to prevent a 3% fall in revenue to $2.837bn compared with last year’s third quarter.
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BlackRock launches four US equities ETFs
BlackRock has added four US equity-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to its iShares range, each exploiting a different factor.
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Recovering oil price to boost risk assets – BlackRock
Russia’s promise to taking part in the OPEC-led oil price freeze may provide a boost to risk assets while holding back returns from those deemed ‘safe haven’, according to BlackRock’s Richard Turnill.
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Bond and stock synchronicity major Q4 worry – BlackRock
BlackRock has identified a higher correlation between equity and bond prices and the US election as the greatest worries in the short-term.
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Mark Lyttleton charged with insider dealing
Mark Lyttleton, former star manager of BlackRock UK Absolute Alpha, has been charged with three counts of insider dealing by the FCA.
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BlackRock launches ‘megatrends’ ETF range
BlackRock is launching four thematic exchange traded funds to capture what it says are investment opportunities created by global ‘megatrends.’
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BlackRock launches Asia absolute return fund
BlackRock has launched the Strategic Funds Asia Pacific Absolute Return Fund, which will aim to exploit the region’s “under-appreciated areas of strength.”
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BlackRock goes overweight EM
BlackRock has joined the ongoing shift into emerging markets by upgrading the asset class to overweight in its asset allocation outlook.
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EM equities see rapid rise in retail flows
Retail investment platform Rplan saw a big increase in flows into emerging market funds over the last three months, with the notable exception of China-only investments.
