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.
BlackRock terminates cash creation/redemption on a range of credit ETFs
Other companies not set to follow suit
Investment Conundrums: BlackRock's Simona Paravani on why inflation is 'back in town'
Markets underestimating even 'modest' levels
1OAK Capital teams up with BlackRock for multi-asset launches
First of three UCITS launches
Asset management's responsible investment claims do not match its voting record
BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street 'crucial laggards'
Multi-manager equity allocation soars while cash slumps to pre-crisis levels
US equity funds also see big jumps
Sparking new life into the green economy: Industry reacts to Government's Ten Point Plan
Kickstarting the 'green industrial revolution'
ASI unveils sustainable index range as CEO Bird vows to grow passive proposition
Passive business could make up 30% of SLA's assets
Scottish Widows to divest £440m from companies failing on ESG
Firms investing in unethical assets to be axed
Square Mile downgrades trio of funds amid manager departures
Key managers reveal plans to step down or retire
Pridham Report: Resilient quarter for active and passive management
ESG remains strong
BlackRock value report reveals fund liquidation, fee cuts and performance reviews
First AoV the firm has published
Number of ESG indices globally sees record rise
40% increase year-on-year
Global equities help drive European fund flows
Fund flows in 2020 were €297.1bn
#IAM... Gavin Lewis
BlackRock MD on the things that matter to him
Coutts partners with BlackRock to launch six new funds
Three active and three passive vehicles
BlackRock launches active ESG Asian credit fund
Predominately hard currency debt
Somerset Capital rehires senior analyst from Mobius
Joining firm's emerging and frontier markets team
Jupiter Asset Management most popular fund house - Square Mile
Royal London Sustainable World Trust fund most popular responsible fund
BlackRock delivers $118m investment boost for electric van trailblazer
Funding jumpstarts Arrival's ambitions
BlackRock's venture into synthetic ETFs 'surprising' but 'not hypocritical'
iShares S&P 500 Swap UCITS ETF launched in September
Hoctor-Duncan named as global head of ASI
Effectively replacing Fleming
iShares launches its first sustainable government bond ETF
European Monetary Union countries
Woodford investors potentially in limbo for further 12 months
Liquidation fees have risen to over £15m