The fund manager, bought from Wells Fargo for £300m in 1996, has £530bn under management and specialises in global tracker funds that invest in leading companies quoted on international stock markets.
Although Barclays has never formally put the business up for sale, many analysts believe that chief executive Matt Barrett might use any sale proceeds to bid for British based emerging markets bank Standard Chartered.
Barclays have dismissed the talk as 'market speculation', but the possibility of a Mellon bid may well ignite a bidding war for BGI with French insurer Axa and German financial services giant Allianz.
Barclays Global Investors May Fall
The Guardian reports that Mellon, the giant US financial services group, is considering a £1.4bn bid for Barclays Global Investors (BGI), the San Francisco based fund manager owned by Barclays Bank.
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