Barclays PLC

• Black Rock in $13.5 Billion for Barclays Global

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  July 1, 2009

  BlackRock Inc. announced June 11 that it will acquire Barclays Global Investors for $6.6 billion in cash and 37.8 million shares of BlackRock common stock...

• BlackRock to Acquire Barclays Global for $13.5 Billion

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  June 15, 2009

  Deal will create firm with $2.7 trillion in AUM

• Barclays to Sell iShares

  By Staff Writer  |  April 22, 2009

  In a deal valued at $4.4 billion, Barclays PLC has agreed to sell the iShares ETF unit to CVC Capital Partners.

• Barclays Sells iShares Business for $4.4 Billion

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  April 13, 2009

  Buyer is private equity firm CVC Capital Partners

• iShares May Go to CVC Capital

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  April 1, 2009

  Barclays Plc has said it's in exclusive talks to sell the iShares exchange-traded funds unit to CVC Capital Partners Ltd. of London, according to Bloomberg and other news sources. The sale price for an 80-percent stake may be about $4.3 billion

• iShares Unit May Be Sold (March 16, 2009)

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  March 16, 2009

  Several news sources are reporting that Barclays Plc is in talks to sell its iShares exchange-traded funds unit. The U.K.'s third- biggest bank is trying...

• Dutch Court Okays Sale of LaSalle Bank

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  July 13, 2007

  The supreme court of the Netherlands overturned on July 13 a lower court ruling that clears the way for ABN Amro to sell Chicago-based LaSalle Bank to the Bank of America in a deal valued at $21 billion.

• Notable Debut

  By James Picerno  |  February 1, 2007

  In the beginning, there was the closed-end fund. Next came the open-end mutual fund, followed by the exchange-traded fund (ETF). And now, the exchange-traded note...

• Interview: Pamela Holding of Putnam International Growth & Income Fund

  By Staff Writer  |  March 1, 2006

  S&P Rank: 4 Stars Avoiding Value Traps