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No one else bid for iShares

KKR wouldn’t have bid for this one, otherwise the valuation would be higher? http://tr.im/ishares It all happened because of the Meltdown « An investment Blog http://bit.ly/cA2kD Look at the price. iShares could have made more from a single fund, just

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Posted in Financial Markets

$2.8 trillion leaves State Street far behind | Bloomberg

Deutsche Bank is on fire in commodities, what about a chinese wall as Blackrock advises both Obama and iShares now, the world’s my oyster

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Posted in Financial Services, Global, Mergers etc, US

Fidelity to sell shares of KKR IPOs | Deals | Reuters

BOSTON Reuters – Boston mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments and New York private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co KFN.N have struck a deal to sell shares of KKR initial public offerings to retail customers, hoping for a comeback

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Posted in Financial Markets, Global, Investments, Uncategorized

Barclays in BGI talks, $12 billion BlackRock deal seen | Deals | Reuters

Barclays Plc BARC.L is in talks to sell Barclays Global Investors BGI, the British bank said on Monday, with U.S. fund manager BlackRock the frontrunner to land the asset manager for about $12 billion. BlackRock BLK.N and Bank of New York

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Posted in Financial Markets, Global, Investments, Meltdown, Uncategorized