Barclays Global Investors

LCH.Clearnet Launches Buy-Side Clearing for Global OTC Interest Rate Swaps.
Investment Weekly News; 1/9/2010; 742 words; ...first time, institutional investors are able to access central...swaps via SwapClear, the only global clearing service for OTC interest...efficiency and security to the global market. Developed in close...service will be: Banca IMI, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, BofA...

State Street Global Advisors Launches Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.
Investment Weekly News; 1/9/2010; 1083 words; State Street Global Advisors (SSgA...that the SPDR[R] Barclays Capital Short Term Corporate...corporate bonds, the SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term Corporate...yield performance of the Barclays Capital US 1-3 Year...1.91 years. "As investors look to improve the...

New Year Promises Slower HY Market.(News)
High Yield Report; 1/4/2010; 1332 words; ...with $185 billion in global junk bond volume...record of [2006]?" Investors, analysts and others...year, according to Barclays, topping the previous...according to EPFR Global. They had inflows of...intermediate Treasury rates." Barclays Capital expects high...

Asset Management Firms Ripe for Acquisitions.(News)
Investment Management Weekly; 1/4/2010; 647 words; Byline: Ken Tarbous With investor demand for fixed-income...BlackRock's purchase of Barclays Global Capital for $13.5 billion...2010, as more institutional investors increase their allocations...report is Merrill Lynch's Global Broad Market Index, which...

Inflation may be on the horizon. Hedges, anyone?
The Washington Post; 1/3/2010; 831 words; ...disagree. "The global economy is soft, and...might mean for stock investors. In a 1977 article...inflation is high, so investors aren't willing to...More adventurous investors who think that higher...ve shorted iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury...Heins co-edit Value Investor Insight ...