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More alpha through lower trading costs: BGI

... through their stock picking skills but also through their ability to forecast trading costs, according to a new study. Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has released a report that shows reduced transaction costs through technology or through improved trading ...

Asset Super takes cash and splits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
... month also saw them introduce a new $55 million Global Tactical Asset Allocation investment, divided between Mellon, Barclays Global Investors and AQR.

European vacation for investor capital

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2007
... banking takeover battle in the industry's history, where Royal Bank of Scotland and two other European lenders trumped Barclays' bid for ABN AMRO with an offer 72.2 billion ($118.3 billion), is just one example of a growing M&A appetite on the continent. ...

Barclays to buy ABN AMRO

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
Barclays has agreed to purchase rival ABN AMRO in a US$91 billion deal, creating the world's largest asset manager and the eighth largest wealth manager, with 47 million customers. However, reports emerged yesterday of a possible rival bid from the ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2007
... per cent, at 2,523.67. LONDON - The FTSE 100 of Britain's leading shares ended down, weighed by both AstraZeneca and Barclays but boosted by heavyweight oil stocks and brewer Scottish and Newcastle. The FTSE 100 closed 7.1 points, or 0.1 per cent lower ...

Global indexing hits $6.4 trillion

... gathered data from 53 fund managers. This included figures from the largest index fund managers in the world including Barclays Global (BGI), State Street and Vanguard. Among the key findings were that alternative asset classes normally defined as "active" ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
... contract was up 30 points to 5,941. The speculation fuelling the overseas markets involves the possibility that British bank Barclays Plc and others might take over the Netherlands' largest bank, ABN AMRO. Today, a Telstra briefing is held from China ...

AXA wins Morningstar's Fund Manager of the Year

NICK OLIVER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2007
... taken out Morningstar's 2006 Fund Manager of the Year, holding off the other two finalists AMP Capital Investors and Barclays Global Investors to take home the top honours. "On the growth side, the Alliance domestic equities team under Johan Carlberg ...

Barclays head stepping down

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The chief executive officer of Barclays Global Investors (BGI) Australia is stepping aside and will be replaced through an internal promotion. Justin Wood will step down from his role at the head of BGI Australia, with the support of senior management ...

ANZ appoints ops and IT head

... officer of Intelligent Processing Solutions Limited (iPSL) iPSL is a joint venture created by Unisys, Lloyds TSB Bank, Barclays and HSBC that provides around 70 per cent of cheque processing services in the United Kingdom. Prior to working at iPSL, Cartwright ...