Barclays Review Down to a Pair

Saatchi, McCann Chase BGI Unit’s Account
SAN FRANCISCO-Barclays Global Investors, a division of London-based Barclays Bank, is conducting a review for its estimated $20-30 million ad account.
The client has already narrowed a list of contenders to two finalists: Saatchi & Saatchi, San Francisco, and McCann-Erickson’s New York and San Francisco offices, said sources. Executives at both of those agencies declined comment.
“We are in the process of a search,” said a representative for BGI, San Francisco, who declined further comment.
The review started in March, when BGI-which claims to be the world’s largest institutional investment manager-started calling West Coast shops about its account, sources said.