BlackRock shakes up struggling active stock-picking unit
Changes include laying off workers, cutting fees and moving funds to its quant unit
BlackRock Inc., the world's largest asset manager, is shaking up its struggling stock-picking unit by cutting jobs, reorganizing funds and lowering fees.
The revamp, which embraces quantitative strategies, moves $8 billion of the $201 billion run by traditional stock pickers into cheaper offering
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