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Barclays Global Investors


Barclays Global Investors transformed the investment industry by creating the first index strategy in 1971 and the first quantitative active strategy in 1978. After more than three decades and with one of the best long term track records of any active manager, they remain a leader in creating investment solutions that consistently deliver on their promise.

Barclays Global Investors is one of the world's largest investment managers and providers of risk controlled active strategies, including total return, stock selection, tactical asset allocation, fixed income, currency and diversified funds, as well as indexed strategies across developed and emerging markets.

With over $1.8 trillion under management and more than 2,700 clients in 45 countries, their global network of offices spans the world’s market centers, giving Barclays Global Investors the capability both to invest worldwide and to serve the particular needs of institutional clients in any locality. The Company employs over 2,000 people globally, including over 100 people in its Sydney office, which provides the full range of investment management and client services. 

To match the distribution of the risk and return factors of the index, factors considered in matching the index risk and return include interest rate risk, including coupon and maturity, covariance risk, including co movement of interest rates and spreads, specific risk, including individual security price risk.

They also offer a variety of services to support their clients' investments, such as transition services and securities lending which are described in detail. The firm offers the services such as asset allocation, index fixed income, cash management, portfolio transition services and many more to meet the need of services.

Their ability to help their clients depends on the knowledge, skills and teamwork of their staff. Therefore, their people are crucial to their business. The firm's clients deserve their best employees. They do not offer partial or temporary solutions to their problems. They look at their entire business from the ground up the process, the technology and the people to insure their clients' continued success.

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