BlackRock Global Investors: creating the new colossus

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Raquel Pichardo-Allison canvasses industry opinion on BlackRock's acquisition of Barclays Global Investors

  The recent acquisition of Barclays Global Investors by BlackRock created the largest asset management firm in the world. The US$13.5bn deal has produced an equity and fixed income shop to ...

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