Vanguard recruits from BlackRock to set up ETF research team

'Global ETF research centre'

Tom Eckett
clock • 1 min read

Vanguard has hired Marco Corsi from BlackRock to head up its newly established global ETF research centre.

Based in London, Corsi will lead the newly established team, responsible for developing ETF-related research, perspectives and content in order to inform and educate investors across the value chain. At BlackRock, he was most recently head of the iShares Product Research and Innovation team in EMEA. He joined in 2014 from Decura, where he conducted research on algorithmic investment strategies. He has also held roles at Barclays and Merrill Lynch. Corsi will report to Axel Lomholt (pictured), head of international ETFs at Vanguard. 'Dedicated research team' Lomholt commented: ...

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