BlackRock

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Period: 16 Jul 2008 - 21 Mar 2024

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Cassini analytics integrated with BlackRock's Aladdin platform

BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) and Cassini Systems, a leading provider of pre- and post-trade margin and collateral analytics for derivatives markets, announced today that the two firms have entered into a strategic partnership to integrate Cassini analytics into BlackRock’s Aladdin® platform.

Chip to offer investment funds from BlackRock

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Chip to offer investment funds from BlackRock

Savings app Chip has launched an investment platform with three funds from the BlackRock Consensus multifund range.

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Standard Chartered allies with BlackRock's Aladdin platform

Standard Chartered has entered into a strategic partnership with BlackRock’s Aladdin platform to offer integrated front-to-back office investment management solutions to mutual clients across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

The Kalifa Review’s five-point plan to bolster UK Fintech

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The Kalifa Review’s five-point plan to bolster UK Fintech

The long awaited Kalifa Review of UK Fintech has been released, outlining a comprehensive plan to support and bolster the sector’s significant presence across the globe. Led by Ron Kalifa OBE, the in-depth review was launched almost a year ago as a component of Rishi Sunak’s first budget.

BlackRock boosts sustainability analytics with stake in Clarity AI

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BlackRock boosts sustainability analytics with stake in Clarity AI

BlackRock has taken a minority stake in Clarity AI, a Spanish fintech firm that uses machine learning and big data to help investors understand the sociatel impact of their investment portfolios.

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Blackrock unveils Aladdin Climate module

Building on BlackRock’s strength in risk management through the Aladdin platform, BlackRock today announced it has created Aladdin Climate to meet the urgent need among financial institutions and investors to quantify climate risk in their portfolios as the physical toll of climate change mounts and the global transition to net zero emissions accelerates.

JP Morgan and Blackrock tap Saphyre AI tech to automate account opening

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JP Morgan and Blackrock tap Saphyre AI tech to automate account opening

JP Morgan’s Securities Services and BlackRock have turned to fintech Saphyre to digitise their account opening workflows.

Members Exchange raises $65m to take on Nyse and Nasdaq

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Members Exchange raises $65m to take on Nyse and Nasdaq

Members Exchange (MEMX), a new market operator hoping to take on Nyse, Nasdaq and Cboe Global Markets, has closed out a $65 million funding round, with investments from Wall Street heavyweight backers including Wells Fargo and BlackRock.

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BlackRock to port Aladin to Microsoft Azure

BlackRock and Microsoft Corp. have formed a strategic partnership to host BlackRock’s Aladdin infrastructure on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, bringing enhanced capabilities to BlackRock and its Aladdin clients, which include many of the world’s most sophisticated institutional investors and wealth managers.

BofA global environmental exec: Addressing climate change goes beyond business-as-usual

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BofA global environmental exec: Addressing climate change goes beyond business-as-usual

Alex Liftman, global environmental executive, Bank of America (BofA), believes “significantly accelerating progress on addressing big global issues like climate change requires going beyond business-as-usual financing to find innovative approaches that can help attract a larger share of capital from a broader set of investors.”

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ICE Bonds completes integration with BlackRock Aladdin

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that ICE Bonds has completed its integration with BlackRock’s Aladdin, offering access to ICE Bonds’ Portfolio Auction functionality, an automated execution protocol for portfolio trading.

BlackRock recommends a common language for sustainable investing

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BlackRock recommends a common language for sustainable investing

Hot on the heels of BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s letter warning global chief executives of climate change market risk, the world’s largest fund manager has released a summary of recommendations for sustainable investment.

Betting on AI to reduce risk in sustainable investment

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Betting on AI to reduce risk in sustainable investment

The quest toward improving corporate sustainability is mired by uncertainty: uncertainty of emissions volume, extreme weather events, timing of such events, and inevitably, the toll they may take on investment. This uncertainty is regarded by investors as risk.

Major buy-side and sell-side firms call for regulatory action to make clearing houses safer

BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Allianz, Citi, Societe Generale, State Street, T. Rowe Price, and Vanguard, today, in a joint paper, presented detailed recommendations from both buy-side and sell-side perspectives to further enhance the safety and soundness of central counterparties (CCPs), also known as clearing houses.

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Mastercard and Acorns join BlackRock's Emergency Savings Initiative

UPS, Mastercard, Etsy, Brightside, Arizona State University, and Acorns will join BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative to help their employees, customers, gig workers, and college students take the essential first step towards long-term financial well-being.

Santander to adopt BlackRock's Aladdin platform

Santander Asset Management (SAM) has reached an agreement with BlackRock to adopt the Aladdin platform to accelerate the asset manager’s technological transformation.

MarketAxess and BlackRock extend trading alliance into Asia

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: MKTX) and BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) are expanding their Open Trading alliance into the Asian credit markets.

BlackRock to acquire Cachematrix

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Cachematrix, a leading provider of financial technology which simplifies the cash management process for banks and their corporate clients in a streamlined, open-architecture platform.

BlackRock to take a minority equity stake in digital investment manager Scalable Capital

Scalable Capital has announced the signing of a €30m funding round, led by BlackRock alongside existing investors HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and Tengelmann Ventures. This funding round is one of Europe’s largest for a digital investment manager to date, bringing Scalable Capital’s total funding to €41m.

US Bank joins robo investment movement with FutureAdvisor

US Bank joins robo investment movement with FutureAdvisor

US Bank is the latest large financial institution to team up with an automated investment platform to provide online financial advice to wealth management clients, forming an alliance with BlackRock-owned FutureAdvisor.

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