BlackRock

World's largest investment management firm

BlackRock is a US global investment management corporation based in New York City. The company was founded in 1988, initially as a risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, and has $6.3trn in assets under management (as of 30 June 2018).

BlackRock operates globally with 70 offices in 30 countries and clients in 100 countries. In 2000, it launched its risk management division BlackRock Solutions. Nine years later, it aquired Barclays Global Investors. It also owns the iShares range of ETFs.

Companies

BlackRock plans to cut 3% of global workforce - reports

Entering a more ‘mature’ business phase

09 January 2024 • 1 min read

ESG

Tennessee sues BlackRock over ESG 'misrepresentations'

Accused of 'deceiving consumers'

19 December 2023 • 2 min read

Alternatives

Interest rate expectations to shape the path for private markets in 2024

Adjustment to a new environment

18 December 2023 • 6 min read

People moves

Invesco poaches UK head of ETF asset managers from BlackRock

Joe Bello joins

18 December 2023 • 1 min read

Industry

Investor group issues 'urgent' call for asset managers to ramp up pass-through voting adoption

Coalition oversees over £250bn in assets

15 December 2023 • 2 min read

ETFs

iShares adds to fixed income suite with double ESG bond ETF launch

Exposure to high yield bonds

07 December 2023 • 1 min read

Commodities

Charles Stanley Direct: Explaining the gold spike

Reaching a record high

05 December 2023 • 4 min read

ETFs

BlackRock caps fees on $10bn high yield US credit ETF

Total management fees stand at 0.22%

01 December 2023 • 1 min read

Europe

European mutual funds suffer €19bn outflows in October

LSEG Lipper European Fund Flows

27 November 2023 • 2 min read

Platforms

Saxo adds funds offering to its platform in UK

More than 6,000 global funds

27 November 2023 • 1 min read