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- In short, BlackRock believes there are several secular tailwinds for infrastructure that don't necessarily apply elsewhere in PE. This is led by global inflation, which BlackRock expects to persist longer than do some others. As such, stable cash-generators like marine terminals and airports become particularly attractive assets.
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Jun 11, 2019 · The BlackRock-BGI deal was "a game changer because it showed the industry what real scale can achieve with the successful merging of active and passive management under one roof.
May 17, 2013 · The BGI merger, which brought with it the iShares ETF business, more than doubled BlackRock's asset base and turned it into the largest asset manager in the world.
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Jun 11, 2019 · Staff at the San Francisco headquarters of Barclays Global Investors had little idea in early 2009 that BlackRock was about to become their new employer. In April that year, Barclays had accepted a $4.4bn offer from UK buyout firm CVC Capital Partners to acquire BGI’s exchange traded funds division.
Jun 11, 2019 · In April that year, Barclays had accepted a $4.4bn offer from UK buyout firm CVC Capital Partners to acquire BGI’s exchange traded funds division. But the British bank was still in the market ...
Jun 15, 2009 · Thursday, mutual fund leader BlackRock announced that it was in talks to buy BGI in a deal which would value the indexing giant at around $13.5 billion, and create a combined corporate umbrella...
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BlackRock acquires Barclay's Global Investors (BGI), becoming the world's largest asset manager, with employees in 24 countries. With this acquisition, BlackRock makes the unprecedented move of bringing alpha and index strategies under one roof to provide a wider breadth of solutions for its clients.
Jun 12, 2009 · BlackRock agrees to buy Barclays Global Investors in a $13.5 billion cash-and-shares deal that will create the world’s largest asset manager.
