Blackrock Inc
BlackRock, Inc. (together, with its subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise
indicates, “BlackRock” or the “Company”) is a leading
publicly traded investment management firm. With employees in more than 30 countries
who serve clients in over 100 countries across the globe, BlackRock provides
a broad range of investment and risk management services to institutional and
retail clients worldwide.
Our diverse platform of active (alpha) and index (beta) investment strategies
across asset classes enables the Company to tailor investment outcomes and asset
allocation solutions for clients. Our product offerings include single- and
multi-asset class portfolios investing in equities, fixed income, alternatives
and money market instruments. Products are offered directly and through intermediaries
in a variety of vehicles, including open-end and closed-end mutual funds, iShares®
exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), separate accounts, collective investment
funds and other pooled investment vehicles. We also offer our BlackRock Solutions®
(“BRS”) investment and risk management technology platform, Aladdin®,
risk analytics and advisory services and solutions to a broad base of institutional
investors. The Company is highly regulated and serves its clients as a fiduciary.
We do not engage in proprietary trading activities that could conflict with
the interests of our clients.
BlackRock serves a diverse mix of institutional and retail clients across the
globe. Clients include tax-exempt institutions, such as defined benefit and
defined contribution pension plans, charities, foundations and endowments; official
institutions, such as central banks, sovereign wealth funds, supranationals
and other government entities; taxable institutions, including insurance companies,
financial institutions, corporations and third-party fund sponsors, and retail
investors.
BlackRock maintains a significant global sales and marketing presence that is
focused on establishing and maintaining retail and institutional investment
management relationships by marketing its services to investors directly and
through financial professionals and pension consultants, and establishing third-party
distribution relationships.