Barclays Global Investors – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:57:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Barclays Global Investors – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 BlackRock completes acquisition of BGI https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/blackrock-completes-acquisition-of-bgi/ Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:57:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/blackrock-completes-acquisition-of-bgi/ Two Barclays executives to join BlackRock board

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]]> Advisor interest driving ETF growth https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/products/advisor-interest-driving-etf-growth/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:59:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/advisor-interest-driving-etf-growth/ Shift to fee-based business fuels demand for a wider variety of investment products

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]]> BlackRock to pay US$13.5 billion for Barclays BGI unit https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/blackrock-to-pay-us13-5-billion-for-barclays-bgi-unit/ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:58:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/blackrock-to-pay-us13-5-billion-for-barclays-bgi-unit/ New BlackRock Global Investors will have combined AUM of over US$2.7 trillion

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]]> BlackRock eyes Barclay’s BGI unit https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/blackrock-eyes-barclays-bgi-unit/ Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:16:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/blackrock-eyes-barclays-bgi-unit/ Asset management giant BlackRock Inc. is talking with Barclays Bank plc about buying its Barclays Global Investors business, the U.S. investement group said Monday.Back in April, Barclays agreed to sell its iShares business, which is part of BGI, for US$4.4 billion to CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A. Today, the firm reported that it has since […]

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]]> Barclays sells iShares unit for US$4.4 billion https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/barclays-sells-ishares-unit-for-us4-4-billion/ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:35:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/barclays-sells-ishares-unit-for-us4-4-billion/ Unit now has the scale and brand equity to be successful on a standalone basis

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]]> Barclays considering iShares sale https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/barclays-considering-ishares-sale/ Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:45:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/barclays-considering-ishares-sale/ UK bank confirms strong start to 2009

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]]> ETF sales soar while fund companies grapple with redemptions https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/products/etf-sales-soar-while-fund-companies-grapple-with-redemptions/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:15:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/etf-sales-soar-while-fund-companies-grapple-with-redemptions/ Investors pour $2.1 billion into iShares during the last two months

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]]> Barclays Global announces unit splits for seven ETFs https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/products/barclays-global-announces-unit-splits-for-seven-etfs/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:40:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/barclays-global-announces-unit-splits-for-seven-etfs/ Splits effective August 8

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]]> Dunn stepping down at Barclays Global https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/people/dunn-stepping-down-at-barclays-global/ Fri, 06 Oct 2006 13:45:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/dunn-stepping-down-at-barclays-global/ Former CEO battles cancer

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]]> BGI head stepping down to battle cancer https://www.investmentexecutive.com/news/people/bgi-head-stepping-down-to-battle-cancer/ Fri, 21 Jun 2002 16:42:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/uncategorized/bgi-head-stepping-down-to-battle-cancer/ Grossman and Skirton to succeed Dunn

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