BGI thinks big

COVER STORY

Barclays Global Investors has brains to match its brawn as the world’s largest institutional money manager. But this megaindexer needs to be a lot more active in pursuing profits.

By Alyssa A. Lappen
Institutional Investor | April 1997

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Turning point

COVER STORY

Slow turnaround of Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management

by Alyssa A. Lappen
Institutional Investor | Jan. 1, 1997

Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 53-63
7,883 words


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Chuck Schwab’s search for the next paradigm

COVER STORY

His firm invented discount brokerage and mutual fund supermarkets, prospering mightily. Now what? A whole batch of new businesses.

By Alyssa A. Lappen
Institutional Investor | April 1996

Vol 30, No. 4, pp. 63-73
4,447 words

Sidebar: On technology’s ‘leading, not bleeding,’ edge , 1,008 words

Sidebar: Fumbling on 401(k)s, 1,031 words

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Quantum leap

by Alyssa A. Lappen
Institutional Investor | February 1996


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Desi Heathwood’s Boston fee party

MONEY MANAGEMENT
He led a revolt at Boston Co. and founded a new firm that’s now thriving. Will that inspire other restive money managers?

by Alyssa A. Lappen
Institutional Investor | January 1996

Vol 30, No. 1, pp. 35-39
2,845 words


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