BlackRock to buy BGI for £8bn

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BlackRock has agreed to buy Barclays Global Investors in a cash and shares deal worth $13.5bn (£8.15bn).

The deal - which includes BGI's exchange traded fund platform iShares - will see Barclays take a 19.9% stake in the combined firm, which will be renamed BlackRock Global Investors. The combined fir...

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