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Rainmaker Marketing Awards celebrate best of the best

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
... the Year - Open was awarded to Bruce Garratt, AllianceBernstein Australia director of retail markets. Barclays Global Investors Australia, iShares, with its brightly coloured, interactive and informative website succeeded in winning the best website ...

Invesco hires ex-JANA exec to lead Aus eq quant

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2008
... Bank and Ord Minnett Securities. He was also the senior portfolio manager in Australian equities at Barclays Global Investors. "The IQS investment approach offers the added benefit of being able to build long/short portfolios as well as long only portfolios. ...

Market shake-up spurs ETF demand

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2008
... volatility by steering investors towards exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETF giant iShares, which is offered by Barclays Global Investors, is at the vanguard of this phenomenon. The firm claims that its IShares ETF is able to provide investors instant ...

Funds SA splurges $1.4b on mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2008
... their 'quantitative core' investments, while complementing the funds manager's existing allocation to Barclays Global Investors, another leading quant manager. Smith also singled out GSJBW's in-depth quantitative research and its application to the Australian ...

Aussie investors jump on emerging markets iShares

Barely three months in the market but the newly launched exchange traded funds (ETFs) by Barclays Global Investors (BGI) called iShares are fast gaining traction, with emerging markets iShares on top of the list for investors. The latest BGI report ...

SWIFT overhauls proxy voting

... London, in a proxy voting report. Chad Spitler, associate director in corporate governance and proxy at Barclays Global Investors, agreed. "Historically, voting has been a one-way process in which you cast your vote and moved on, without being able to ...

T-Charter has limitations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2007
... standards to evaluate transition managers, according to Russell Investments. In October State Street, Barclays Global Investors (Barclays) and Russell Investments (Russell) signed T-Charter, a voluntary, non-prescriptive document outlining best practice ...

INGIM appoints deputy chief

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2007
... Asia. Prior to this appointment Donnelly was responsible for the institutional business portfolio at Barclays Global Investors. Preceding this role, Donnelly held senior roles at DB Capital Partners and Deutsche Asset Management. David McClatchy, chief ...

Intech shifts focus to after-tax

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2007
... Shares High Alpha Trust (HAT). The trust has also added a customised value strategy alpha mandate, run by Barclays Global Investors. Mandates with Bernstein, Concord and GMO have been terminated.

International ETFs debut on ASX

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2007
One of the world's largest exchange traded funds (ETFs) provider, Barclays Global Investors, has paired up with the local stock exchange to provide investors access to international shares and indices at a fraction of their current costs. The Australian ...