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.
Number of managers rises to 11
Focus on data centres in the US
Questions of a bubble mount
Challenges to successful integration
'Overly prescriptive' or repetitive
Supported just 20 of 493 proposals
BlackRock holds on to top spot