Fund champs go head to head

There’s little to choose between the world’s two heavyweight institutional fund managers as they square up to fight for profitability. BGI and SSgA both have commendable records and both are now testing out new strategies.

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UNTIL RECENT CHANGES of strategy, Barclays Global Investors and State Street Global Advisers seem to have followed a similar path. The world’s largest institutional fund managers, they have both built up about $1.4 trillion in assets under management, predominantly through their passive quantitative businesses. “It’s nearly impossible to say which one you would choose when they go head to head in a pitch for business for passive mandates,” says a consultant who prefers to remain anonymous.

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