Barclays Global Investors (BGI) is one of the world's largest asset managers, with $1.8 trillion in assets as of 12/31/06 for over 2,800 clients in 52 countries around the world. BGI is one of the world's largest providers of structured investment strategies, including indexing and risk-controlled active strategies. BGI was the creator of the first index strategy more than 30 years ago and is also the sponsor and asset manager of more than 190 different Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) around the world.