From COMPANIES Jan 17, 2013

Shift back towards equities lifts BlackRock

BlackRock Inc. signage is displayed at 55 E. 52nd St., in New York ©Bloomberg

Assets under management grow 8%

Global Market Overview 9:40pm

Stocks rise on US economy hopes

S&P 500 closes at best level since December 2007

Jan 16, 2013

ETF Securities plans 2013 expansion

Demand for commodity linked products to rise

Ignites Jan 17, 2013

Back to the drawing board for NYSE’s ETF liquidity scheme

Exchange withdraws its proposal for spurring trading in low-volume funds

Jan 16, 2013

Poll: is BlackRock’s purchase of Credit Suisse’s ETF arm good or bad for the market?

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Ignites Jan 16, 2013

iShares revives US momentum with some help from Vanguard

New sales strategy, ad push also credited with market-leading sales

Jan 15, 2013

Appeal of sector based ETFs spreads

Assets in Select Sector SPDRs hit $50bn

Ignites Europe Jan 15, 2013

Credit Suisse deal buys iShares a European bulwark

BlackRock acquisition seen as maneuver to fend off Vanguard, SSgA

Jan 14, 2013

BlackRock predicts rapid ETF growth in Europe

The firm expects European ETF assets to double in three years

Ignites Europe Jan 14, 2013

‘Dutch RDR’ pressuring funds to scrap commissions

Banks set 2014 deadline for asset managers to offer clean share classes