BlackRock AUM falls 11% in 'worst start to the year in half a century' for capital markets

Assets drop to $8.5trn despite inflows

Valeria Martinez
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The world’s largest asset manager has seen its assets under management drop by 11% in what chair and CEO Larry Fink described as an investment environment “not seen in decades” and “the worst start to the year for both stocks and bonds in half a century”.

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