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BlackRock veteran James Charrington to retire
Former head of Emea is retiring after more than 30 years with the US asset management giant
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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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BlackRock’s drive into private assets should worry smaller rivals — again
The transparency its indexing plans could bring would put fees under serious pressure
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BlackRock eyes $400bn in private markets fundraising, doubling of market cap by 2030
World’s largest asset manager also wants to increase revenue to more than $35bn by the end of the decade
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Preqin duo join ranks of UK’s wealthiest after BlackRock buyout
Mark and Lindy O’Hare completed the £2.6bn sale of their firm in March
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Brooks Macdonald hires BlackRock executive in another leadership shakeup
Karen Charlery will join the London wealth manager as chief operating officer in June
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City fund groups stick with hybrid work after BlackRock calls back senior staff full time
Most asset managers are maintaining policies that require staff to be in the office at least three days a week
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Aviva Investors’ AI push, and BlackRock orders staff back to office five days a week
All this week’s asset management news in one place
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BlackRock orders managing directors back to office five days a week
Move comes after US asset manager tightened its working from home policy in 2023
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Larry Fink says BlackRock has ramped up allocation to ‘undervalued’ UK stocks
The BlackRock CEO says he has ‘more confidence in the UK economy’
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BlackRock rejigs global emerging markets team with new London and Hong Kong units
Changes see the creation of two separate teams to oversee the asset manager’s emerging markets capabilities from Asia and the UK
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BlackRock’s Larry Fink on US tariffs: ‘This isn’t Wall Street versus Main Street’
US asset management boss says clients have been focused on increasing their allocation to both fixed income and equities
BlackRock assets hit new high despite ‘uncertainty and anxiety’ over markets
US asset manager pulled in $84.2bn of net inflows between January and March
BlackRock’s Larry Fink hails democracy for private assets. But what will it mean for fees?
Cutting the charges on opaque funds might not be a good thing for managers
BlackRock’s Panama ports deal shows Trump is the real king of M&A
The US president is now the most important driver of the deals that happen — and the deals that don’t
From the Full Monty to fund management: Why Rupert Harrison swapped politics for BlackRock
George Osborne’s former chief of staff says asset managers have to evolve — and explains why he used to have a screen dedicated to Donald Trump’s Tweets
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BlackRock scraps DEI goals, creates ‘talent and culture’ group
The $11.6tn asset manager joins growing list of US financial services giants that have rolled back on DEI targets
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Vanguard worst fund group for supporting shareholder climate resolutions last year
A study by ShareAction finds the world’s four largest asset managers supported just 1.4% of shareholder resolutions in 2024, marking a new low
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BlackRock hires former Wellington exec to lead sustainable assets team
Louise Kooy-Henckel joins $11.6tn asset manager to head up Emea team
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The ‘Great Race’ at BlackRock: ‘Succession is a charade. Larry is never leaving’
The asset manager’s CEO has been in the top job for 36 years. Who can replace him?
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