Fund Management
Name Change for BlackRock MLIM

BlackRock Merrill Lynch Investment Managers is changing its name to BlackRock from today. Its international funds range, Merrill Lynch Investment Funds is renamed BlackRock Global Funds. Each fund in the range will be renamed to take account of the change. BlackRock is one of the largest publicly traded investment management firms, with assets under management of $1.364 trillion at 31 March 2008.