BlackRock

It has been a dynamic year for both the ETF industry and ETFM, with the magazine recently celebrating its first anniversary amid a plethora of market developments. The announcement in June that BlackRock was to acquire Barclays Global Investors (BGI),...

Scott Burns, director of exchange traded securities analysis at Morningstar, discusses active management combined with ETFs and investing in REITs

BlackRock has completed its merger with Barclays Global Investors (BGI).

J.P. Morgan Asset Management, BlackRock, Fortis, Friends Provident and Santander Asset Management are among this year's 16 Gold Standard Award winners.

Omnis Investments, the joint venture between Openwork and fund manager Octopus, has launched a new multi-asset vehicle offering downside protection.

GAM has appointed former T. Rowe Price and BlackRock manager Niall Gallagher as the replacement for John Bennett on two long-only European equity funds.

Interactive Financial Adviser debate

Widely different attitudes to pensions savings mean employers and employees are "sleepwalking into a retirement disaster", new research from BlackRock suggests.

Some of the UK's leading alternative asset providers will take part in a mock trial next month, charged with convincing advisers of the merits of investing in asset classes apart from shares, bonds or cash.

BlackRock has agreed to buy Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including its exchange traded fund platform iShares, in a cash and shares deal worth $13.5bn (£8.15bn).