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BlackRock halts plan for infra fund targeting wealthy Europeans

The world’s largest asset manager is for now focusing on offering GIP deals in traditional drawdown funds

Australian fortunes are underpinned by a pension system on track to become the world’s second-largest after the US.

Goldman, BlackRock rush to fill wealth-advice void in Australia

Global names are racing to expand across the country, drawn by a paradox few markets can match: enormous household wealth coupled with a chronic shortage of financial advisers

BlackRock's Ben Powell says investors should have an active, curated and well-diversified portfolio which can be in line with their financial goals.

Buying the S&P 500 is an active bet on AI: BlackRock Investment Institute

The unprecedented artificial intelligence boom is catalysing a mega structural change that impacts investing, it says

Amundi, Europe’s largest money manager, says it is already seeing the benefits of its focus on climate.

Asset managers face litmus test in handling of sustainability issues

The heightened focus on sustainable strategies coincides with a rebound this year in green investment returns

BlackRock’s move to recycle capital from its APCO II fund comes after it paused fundraising for a planned third Asian private credit strategy earlier this year.

BlackRock seeks one more year to deploy Asia private credit fund

The asset manager seeks more time for APCO II as it moves to deploy about 40% of the portfolio

BlackRock predicts that the asset class in Europe will almost double by the end of the decade to over 800 billion euros.

BlackRock sees Europe private assets topping 5 trillion euros by 2030

The US investment giant says infrastructure investment grows fastest in the region over the past five years

In September, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding said three of its subsidiaries had cancelled shipbuilding contracts worth around US$180 million with an unnamed buyer.
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Yangzijiang Shipbuilding falls 2.9% after BlackRock sells 37.8 million shares

The asset manager is no longer a substantial shareholder of the shipbuilder

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said the US has remained the primary destination for investments despite some outflows from “overweighted US assets” earlier in the year.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says investors pile into gold, crypto as global debt risks rise

Fink calls gold and crypto “assets of fear” amid debasement concerns

Aligned designs, builds and operates data centres for the hyperscalers, neocloud and enterprises.

Temasek, Nvidia, Blackrock part of group striking US$40 billion data centre deal to fuel AI boom

The deal underscores the rush to build costly infrastructure essential for powering advanced AI models

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager reported adjusted earnings of US$1.91 billion, or US$11.55 per share, for the three months to Sep 30.

BlackRock’s assets hit record US$13.46 trillion on third-quarter markets rally

Overall net inflows totalled US$205 billion, led by robust demand for the firm’s ETFs