Barclays Global Investors
US
US - BlackRock has laid off 89 employees in San Francisco as a result of its merger with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which the firm completed yesterday.
01 December 2009
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ETFs
GLOBAL - The number of institutional investors using exchange traded funds increased 12% in 2008 with nearly 3,000 investors worldwide holding ETFs, a new report from Barclays Global Investors (BGI) showed.
23 November 2009
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France
FRANCE - The Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has hired six firms to run a combined €4bn (US$5.9bn) in inflation-linked bond mandates.
18 November 2009
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Japan
JAPAN - Mizuho Trust & Banking has broken into the top three largest asset managers in Japan, displacing State Street Global Advisors Japan (SSgA), a quarterly report by the Japan Pensions Industry Database showed.
04 November 2009
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Investment
Emma Dunkley looks at how quant strategies have performed since the beginning of the sub-prime crisis, and considers how they are set to develop
30 October 2009
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US
US - BlackRock reported assets under management of US$1.43trn as of September 30, a jump of over $61bn during the third quarter, the firm said in an earnings release today.
20 October 2009
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Transition Management
Emma Dunkley reports from Global Pensions' annual Transition Management Forum held on September 9, 2009 at Plaisterers' Hall, London
01 October 2009
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Russia
RUSSIA - Barclays Bank has hired Bob Foresman as managing director to lead its Russian investment management and investment banking business, the bank said today.
21 September 2009
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New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND - The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation have fired Barclays Global Investors from a global large-cap active equities mandate.
26 August 2009
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