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Barclays Global Investors

Barclays' investment management business, which pioneered the iShares exchange-traded funds; bought by BlackRock in 2009.

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Also known as
BGI

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acquired by

  • BlackRock 1 Dec 2009 $15.2B Primary record 1

    $8.53 billion in BlackRock shares at closing plus $6.65 billion in cash. BGI brought the iShares exchange-traded funds.

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Timeline 2 dates
  1. 1 Dec 2009 BlackRock acquired Barclays Global Investors
  2. until 1 Dec 2009 Barclays Global Investors part of Barclays
Proof 1 source
  1. BlackRock, Inc. annual report for 2009 (Form 10-K), BlackRock, 10 Mar 2010. Primary record
    BlackRock acquired from Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”) all of the outstanding equity interests of subsidiaries of Barclays conducting the business of Barclays Global Investors (“BGI”) in exchange for capital shares valued at closing of $8.53 billion and $6.65 billion in cash
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