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Just How Useless Is the Asset-Management Industry?

Harvard Business Review

M]utual funds in general have met the test of time, and performed in keeping with their stated policies and goals," Bogle concluded. Malkiel is basically saying that the asset-management industry has no economic justification for being as big and rich as it is. As tests go, Bogle''s had its flaws. When markets struggle, they do.

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Voice of Experience: Joanna Cound (BlackRock)

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from a profile of Joanna Cound (Managing Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy, BlackRock) written by Melissa J. Anderson (New York City) for The Glass Hammer, an online community designed for women executives in financial services, law and business.

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