Carmignac and BNP Paribas IP granted
Carmignac Group and BNP Paribas Investment Partners have both been granted licences to trade in China listed A shares and local bonds.
Blackrock
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Keeping upwind of emerging market hype
BlackRock's Henry Wigan looks at the gap between some investor perceptions of emerging market returns and the reality thereof.
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iShares launches French equity ETF
In a bid to take advantage of growing interest in single-country ETFs, the Blackrock passive arm has launched its eighth such product, tracking the MSCI France index.
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BlackRock appoints private bank and client
BlackRock has hired a former UBS Securities chief executive as its head of private bank business and strategic client development in Asia, excluding Japan.
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ETP flows outpacing last year – BlackRock
Global ETPs have gathered $36.3bn in June meaning year-to-date flows are ahead of the same point in 2013, BlackRock said.
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BlackRock UK Business granted RQFII licence
The licence is the firm’s second, the first was granted in March to its North Asia subsidiary.
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BlackRock launches low risk absolute return fund
BlackRock today launched a low risk absolute return fund which aims to capitalise on an increasing demand for ‘onshore’ liquid alternative investments from investors across Europe.
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BlackRock Asian Growth Leaders Fund opens
BlackRock has launched its Luxembourg-domiciled Asian Growth Leaders Fund to retail investors in Hong Kong.
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FEIFA forms partnership with BlackRock
Global investment manager BlackRock has joined FEIFAs partnership programme.
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BlackRock grows AUM
BlackRocks worldwide AUM increased by 12% to $4.4trn in Q1; the three month period also saw $26.7bn of long-term net inflows and a 15% operating income growth since Q1 2013.
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blackrock closes mining opportunites fund
BlackRock has closed one of its mining stocks funds, run by Evy Hambro, because it was “uneconomic to manage”.
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blackrock receives rqfii license
BlackRock Asset Management North Asia, a subsidiary of BlackRock, has received its first renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) license from the China Securities Regulatory Commission.