BlackRock Global Funds - World Healthscience Fund A2 AUD Hedged

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Management
DomicileLuxembourg
Legal StructureSICAV
UCITSYes
Inception Date26/02/2014
Fund Advisor(s)
BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
Fund ManagerXiang Liu
Manager Start Date01/06/2020
Career Start Year2000
Education
University of Science & Technology (China), B.S.
University of Chicago, M.B.A.
Yale University, Ph.D.
 
Biography
Xiang Liu, PhD, Director, is a member of the Health Sciences team, part of BlackRock’s Active Equity Group. He is co-portfolio manager for the Health Sciences equity portfolios and is responsible for coverage of the medical devices & supplies sector. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2008, Mr. Liu was a partner and biotech analyst at Mehta Partners. From 2002 to 2005, he was a Director in the corporate development department at Cubist Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Liu began his investment career in 2000 at the Boston Consulting Group as a Healthcare consultant. Mr. Liu earned a BS degree in Chemistry from the University of Science & Technology, China in 1993, a PhD degree in Chemistry from Yale University in 1997, and a MBA degree in finance, strategy, and accounting from the University of Chicago in 2000.
Fund ManagerErin Xie
Manager Start Date01/04/2011
 
Biography
Erin Xie, PhD, Managing Director and portfolio manager, is the head of the Health Sciences team, part of BlackRock’s Active Equity Group. She is the lead portfolio manager for the Health Sciences equity portfolios. Ms. Xie's service with the firm dates back to 2001, including her years with State Street Research & Management (SSRM), which merged with BlackRock in 2005. At SSRM, she was a Senior Vice President and portfolio manager responsible for managing the State Street Health Sciences Fund. Prior to joining State Street Research in 2001, Ms. Xie was a research associate with Sanford Bernstein covering the pharmaceutical industry from 1999. From 1994 until 1997, she was a post doctoral research scientist at Columbia University. Ms. Xie earned a BS degree in chemistry from Beijing University in 1988, a PhD degree in Biochemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1993 and a MBA degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management in 1999.
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