Barclays sells iSharesBY MICHAEL HOBBS | TUESDAY, 14 APR 2009 11:50AMBarclays has sold the firm's exchange traded fund (ETF) iShares business to Blue Sparkle, a partnership established by CVC Capital Partners, for just over $6 billion. |
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Kellie Wood
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SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AUSTRALIA LIMITED
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Schroders Australia's Kellie Wood talks about winning a lot, so much so that it's become a well-intentioned joke with her co-workers - but it's this ambitious attitude that spurs her on every day. Eliza Bavin writes.