bob dolls funds under review
Morningstar OBSR has placed BlackRock’s US Dynamic Fund and its offshore equivalent, BlackRock Global Funds US Flexible Equity, under review following news manager Bob Doll is to retire.
Morningstar OBSR has placed BlackRock’s US Dynamic Fund and its offshore equivalent, BlackRock Global Funds US Flexible Equity, under review following news manager Bob Doll is to retire.
Michelle Scrimgeour has left BlackRock after a quarter of a century to step in as group risk director for M&G Investments.
Weaker-than-expected job data and a decline in equity and commodity prices contributed to a fall in US stock prices but Bob Doll still sees reasons to be cheerful.
After 34 years in the industry, Bob Doll is to retire at the end of 2012.
Ian Winship says investors have been let down by absolute return managers over the past few years. “We must do better,” he says.
BlackRock is to join forces with China’s sovereign wealth fund to launch an investment fund focused on the country.
The renaming of British Portfolio Trust to BlackRock Income & Growth Investment Trust has been approved by shareholders following the appointment in March of the fund giant as its investment manager.
Bob Doll assesses the recent moderation in equity prices, given their rise from late summer to mid-March, and asks what it means for long-term investors.
BlackRock has launched an Americas equity fund for UK investors with an absolute return mandate, co-managed by Raffaele Savi and Travis Cooke.
Whatever BlackRock might say publicly, the removal of Mark Lyttleton from the UK Fund he has managed for over 12 years will be interpreted as further evidence of the cutthroat nature of asset management.
Mark Lyttleton is to stand down as the long-time manager of the BlackRock UK Fund, culminating what has been a tough few years for Lyttleton and his investment management reputation.
Bob Doll is still ‘risk on’ despite the buffers that he anticipates are lying in wait for US straight-line growth seen over the past few months.