BlackRock

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Firm targets 'mass affluent' through technology

Russ Koesterich, chief investment strategist at BlackRock, examines which equity styles could thrive in the current turbulent market environment.

As the alternative investment market reaches its 20th anniversary this week, managers highlight some of the most impressive company successes - as well as the major failures on the junior market - over the past two decades.

BlackRock has appointed Tom Holl as co-manager on Evy Hambro's £664m Gold & General fund.

Will Landers, manager of BlackRock's Latin American investment trust, said he has adopted a defensive but more flexible investment approach as the region continues to struggle.

BlackRock has reduced the ongoing charges figure (OCF) on five of its most popular index funds with nearly £16bn in assets under management.

BlackRock's Richard Plackett, former head of the UK Small and Mid Cap equities team and co-manager of the £1.4bn UK Special Situations fund, is to retire from fund management after 25 years, Investment Week can reveal.

Online trading platform IG Group has partnered with BlackRock to launch a range of ETF-based investment portfolios for its clients.

BlackRock has published a paper proposing a raft of reforms for regulators and asset managers to address the growing problems with liquidity in the bond market.