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BGI appoints Australian CEO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2009
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) appointed Will Britten as chief executive of the firm's Australian business. Britten succeeds Morry Waked who was appointed global head of chief investment officer for BGI global active equity business earlier this year. ...

iShares adds three

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
Barclays Global Investors has introduced three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) covering telco, health and consumer brands to give investors the chance to tap "defensive" investment sectors. According to BGI-owned iShares, the new ETFs lets Australians ...

Investors turn to ETFs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... invested US$133 billion into exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the first 11 months of 2008. ETF provider Barclays Global Investors (BGI) expects last year's trend to continue through to this year due to market uncertainty. "ETFs remained a beacon for those ...

BGI wins $2bn French mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
Barclays Global Investors has won a $2 billion mandate European equities mandate with French national pension reserve fund, FRR. FRR, which has $65 billion in assets under management, launched a tender in three slots April last year with the aim of ...

BGI appoints CIO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
Barclays Global Investors' Australian chief executive, Morry Waked, has been promoted to chief investment officer and global head for BGI's global active equity business. Waked has handed over his responsibilities for Australia although he retains his ...

NGSS on mandate spree

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2009
... among its new managers. As a result of the reshuffle, NGSS' mandates with AMP Future Directions and Barclays Global Investors have been axed. However the fund is retaining its investment with Colonial First State Emerging Markets. Bill Dwyer, NGSS manager ...

Enhanced Investment Technologies wins award

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... UK-based publication Professional Pensions. The US manager managed to beat finalists AXA Rosenberg, Barclays Global Investors, Invesco, Nicholas Applegate Capital Management and State Street Global Advisors for the top prize. The award was introduced ...

Lonsec approves iShares

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2008
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) iShares Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) received an 'approved' rating from Lonsec. The Lonsec report notes iShares ETFs represent an efficient, liquid and cost effective means for investors to gain index exposure to different ...

BGI adds two more ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2008
Barclays Global Investors (BGI) listed a further two iShares exchange traded funds (ETFs), providing Australian investors access to Brazil, Russia, India and China and the top 50 companies in Asia. The iShares MSCI BRIC provides access to more than ...

BGIA expands insto team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
Barclays Global Investors Australia (BGIA) appointed Charmayne Connelly and Simon Brinsmead as client manager and consultant manager respectively. Connelly previously worked at Wellington Management in a similar client relationship role. Prior to this ...