BGI gets big in Asia ex-Japan

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) has created five new roles in an expansion of its Asia ex-Japan institutional business.Three are internal appointments. Catherine Barker, who has worked at BGI Europe for seven years covering cash management and index product strategy, moves to Singapore where she will head up the client service and marketing business.Ada Yin has moved from BGI Canada to a new role in Singapore as portfolio manager on BGIÆs exchange-traded fund team iShares, while Ivan …