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Managers report increased assets.

Publication: Pensions & Investments
Publication Date: 03-MAR-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Managers report increased assets.(News)(Barclays Global Investors N.A.)(BGI Inc.)(Eaton Vance Corp.)

Article Excerpt
Several managers reported increases in assets under management for the most recent year.

* Barclays Global Investors reported a 15% increase in assets under management in 2007, growing to $2.079 trillion as of Dec. 31, confirmed spokesman Lance Berg. Net inflows were $86 billion, up 26%; the acquisition of Indexchange added $23 billion; and BGI added $127 billion and $29 billion, respectively, from market and currency movements, according to a company statement.

Exchange-traded funds accounted for roughly half of the growth; the firm's iShares climbed 42% to $408 billion. The number of iShares funds jumped to 324 from 191. Indexed assets increased...

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