Blackrock
Investment | 22 Jun 17
ANALYSIS: How are today’s wealth managers using ETFs?
Wealth managers traditionally allocate meagre chunks of their portfolios to passive, but with assets in exchange-traded funds passing the $4trn (£3.2trn, €3.6trn) mark globally last month, that could be set to change.
BlackRock claims stake in European robo-adviser Scalable Capital
BlackRock has acquired a significant minority stake in digital investment manager Scalable Capital.
Investment | 13 Jun 17
ETF assets surpass $4 trillion milestone
Record inflows in May powered total assets invested in exchange trade funds (ETFs) around the world across the $4trn mark. And Europe is picking up the pace.
Emerging Markets | 10 May 17
ANALYSIS: Should you still buy into the emerging markets rally?
Emerging market equities and bonds have outperformed their developed rivals by a large margin year-to-date, resulting in a surge in inflows. An acceleration in global growth and the absence of immediate macro concerns seem to underpin the current rally, but there are some obvious elephants in the room.
BlackRock reveals major overhaul of active equity offering
US asset management giant BlackRock has revealed a major shake-up of its actively managed equity funds, including job cuts and a greater use of technology in stock picking.