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...BlackRock is seeking to push further into higher-margin alternatives strategies....
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...The group agreed this week to take a 26.1 per cent interest in Victory Capital Holdings, a $2.8bn US-listed fund manager....
...But BlackRock hit back hard after the Texas fund made its announcement....
...BlackRock has rolled out two actively managed equity exchange traded funds for European investors. The Ireland-domiciled iShares World Equity High Income and iShares U.S....
...Diego Megia is targeting $4bn to $5bn of investor capital for the launch of macro hedge fund Taula Capital....
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...But investors have been leaving the fund and its 1.5 per cent management fee now that they can more efficiently transfer their holdings to lower-cost alternatives, some of which have waived their fees entirely...
...Bluebell Capital Partners, which has $120mn in assets, has put a binding resolution on the company’s annual proxy ballot that would amend the corporate bylaws to require an independent board chair....
...Historically, BlackRock has managed its ETF products separately from other funds, a legacy of the 2009 purchase of the iShares index fund business from Barclays....
...alternatives business for BlackRock that really is as big as they would like....
...BlackRock’s list of top priorities for 2024 gave the same prominence to “climate and natural capital” as last year....
...The continued popularity of income-generating ETFs, active fixed income ETFs amid interest-rate uncertainty and financial adviser interest in core strategies from firms such as Capital Group and JPMorgan...
...“BlackRock has downplayed the extent to which ESG considerations drive its investment strategies across all holdings, even in non-ESG funds,” it added. Read more about the Tennessee lawsuit here...
...But the majority of its $275bn in alternative assets are in hedge funds, currencies and commodities....
...And many of those smaller fish are active managers looking to attract the wave of investor dollars seeking an alternative to the predominantly passive strategies offered by the Big Three firms....
...The lawsuit goes on to claim that “BlackRock has downplayed the extent to which ESG considerations drive its investment strategies across all holdings, even in non-ESG funds” and “overstated the extent to...
...Much new investor money is flowing into low-cost passive funds or alternative investments, which carry higher fees but also require firms to build new expertise....
...It offers funds of funds that give institutional investors access to private debt, infrastructure and private equity strategies....
...“There was a huge outflow from ESGU and into QUAL as a result of BlackRock changing their weighting,” said Bryan Armour, director of passive strategies research for North America at Morningstar....
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...“Recent news has been flooded with announcements from major players such as Robeco, BlackRock’s iShares, Eurizon Capital, Ark Invest and others, all either launching or planning to introduce active ETFs...
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