FACTBOX-Top 10 asset management mergers and acquisitions

June 12 (Reuters) - BlackRock (BLK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has agreed to buy Barclays Global
Investors to create the world's biggest asset manager in a $13.5 billion deal,
the largest acquisition of an asset manager since at least 1990.

San Francisco-based BGI's $1.5 trillion in funds will give BlackRock $2.8
trillion in assets under management, catapulting it to a dominant position with
twice the assets of nearest rival State Street (STT.N: Quote, Profile, Research).

Following are the biggest mergers and acquisitions in the asset management
industry since 1990. Deal values refer to the size of the transaction when it
was announced, rather than when it closed:
DATE TARGET DEAL VALUE ACQUIROR

(in $)
06/11/09 BGI 13.5 bln BlackRock
02/15/06 Merrill Lynch Invest Mngs 9.5 bln BlackRock
10/10/07 Resolution Plc 7.5 bln Impala Holdings
06/20/07 Nuveen Investments 6.2 bln Merrill Lynch Global Private

Wachovia Capital Partners

DB Capital Partners

Credit Suisse Private Equity

DLJ Merchant Banking

Madison Dearborn
04/26/07 PPF Group-Central & Eastern4.9 bln Generali SpA-Central & Eastern
01/22/09 KBC Groep NV 4.6 bln Flemish Regional Government
02/05/07 Investors Financial Svcs 4.5 bln State Street Corp
10/27/08 KBC Groep 4.4 bln Kingdom of Belgium
06/20/00 Sanford C Bernstein 4.0 bln Alliance Capital
02/01/07 Putnam Investments 3.9 bln Great-West Lifeco
Source: Thomson Reuters.
(Reporting by Juan Lagorio; editing by Leslie Gevirtz)