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Asset Management – Client Segmentation (Part 3 of 4)

Tom Spencer

For passive investing, Blackrock and Vanguard are able to get costs very low due to their scale and skill in replicating a benchmark index. However, they also make money via securities lending when other market participants want to borrow their stocks in order to short them. For example, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB).