Asset Management

BlackRock’s Cohen: We are as strong as our rivals on private markets

Chief product officer Stephen Cohen says the world’s largest asset manager is ready to go toe-to-toe with alternatives giants

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Stephen Cohen says ELTIFs will prove an effective way to allow the wealth market access to private assets Photo: PHOTO: BlackRock

Stephen Cohen is unfazed by the fierce competition BlackRock faces from alternatives giants Apollo, Blackstone and KKR. 

The world’s largest asset manager has a lofty ambition to grow its private markets footprint, telling investors on 12 June that it is targeting $400bn in fundraising by the end of the decade.

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