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Wealth Management: Danske Bank to Implement Aladdin Wealth into Personal Client Investment Services

Danske Bank‘s investment customers will soon benefit from one of the wealth industry’s investment and risk management technologies with the adoption of BlackRock’s Aladdin Wealth platform. Aladdin Wealth reportedly unifies the investment management process by combining portfolio management as well as data and risk analytics… Read More

Blackrock’s Success Highlights the Opportunity of Private Markets

Blackrock (NASDAQ:BLK), the world’s largest asset manager, reported over $11.6 trillion in assets as of the fourth quarter – a record amount. The growth in assets fueled a rise in earnings of $1.67 billion, or an EPS of $10.63, from $1.38 billion, or an EPS… Read More

BlackRock Announces Launch of New Bitcoin ETF on Cboe Canada

Cboe Canada Inc. welcomes BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited for the launch of their latest ETF, the iShares Bitcoin ETF. The iShares ETF now trades on Cboe Canada under “the symbol IBIT, with U.S. dollar denominated units trading under the symbol IBIT.U.” The iShares Bitcoin… Read More

Frax Finance Stablecoin to Leverage BlackRock’s BUIDL, Tokenized by Securitize

Frax Finance, a “decentralized” stablecoin cryptocurrency protocol, has recently announced the launch of a new stablecoin, frxUSD, that will leverage BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL), tokenized by Securitize, to deliver a “fully auditable” backing mechanism. This partnership marks a milestone in the integration… Read More

GeoWealth and iCapital to Enable BlackRock’s Custom Models Featuring Private Assets in Unified Managed Accounts

iCapital, the platform driving the alternative investment marketplace for the wealth and asset management industries, in collaboration with GeoWealth and BlackRock (NYSE: BLK), announced its tech is powering a platform experience for registered investment advisors (RIAs), which enables firms using GeoWealth to include private assets… Read More

Mintos Now Offers Blackrock Money Market Fund in Spain

Mintos continues to roll out the benefit of a higher interest rate for parked cash. Today, Mintos is announcing that Spanish customers may now access a liquid money market fund managed by Blackrock. The Mintos Smart Cash is a money market fund that is described… Read More

BNY and BlackRock Partner with AIA to Enhance Its Investment Platform

BNY (NYSE:BK), the global financial services company, announced a new agreement with AIA and BlackRock as AIA transforms its investment platform, to support the company’s long-term investment program. Through this agreement, AIA will “implement BlackRock’s Aladdin, a technology platform that unifies the investment management process,… Read More

BlackRock to Acquire Preqin, a Private Markets Data Solutions Provider

BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) has agreed to acquire Preqin, an independent provider of private markets data for £2.55 billion or approximately $3.2 billion in cash. Bringing together Preqin’s data and research tools “with Aladdin’s complementary workflow capabilities in a unified platform will create a preeminent… Read More

Growing Consensus Among Portfolio Managers and Central Bankers that Interest Rates Will Stay Higher for Longer – Report

BlackRock (Nasdaq: BLK) recently noted that there’s broad agreement among portfolio managers that a concentrated group of AI winners “will drive returns over a short-term tactical horizon.” BlackRock also mentioned in a recent market update that US stocks reached record highs and bond yields fell… Read More

Securitize Announces New Funding Round Led by BlackRock

Securitize, the platform focused on tokenizing real-world assets, announced the successful completion of a $47 million funding round led by BlackRock (Nasdaq: BLK). The strategic investment also includes funding from Hamilton Lane, ParaFi Capital, and Tradeweb Markets. This investment underscores Securitize’s efforts in “digitizing capital… Read More

Circle Introduces USDC Smart Contract for Transfers by BlackRock’s BUIDL Fund Investors

Circle, a global digital financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC, announced new smart contract functionality that would allow holders of the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) to transfer their shares to Circle for USDC. This smart contract reportedly provides BUIDL investors… Read More

Securitize, BlackRock Issue Statement on Digital Asset Fund – BUIDL, BlackRock Invests in Securitize

As reported earlier, BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, is partnering with Securitize to issue a digital asset fund. Securitize is a leading enabler of digital securities in the US and operates a trading platform, as it has been approved to run an… Read More

BlackRock Partners with Securitize on Digital Liquidity Fund

BlackRock,  the largest asset manager in the world with trillions under management, has partnered with Securitize on a new fund. According to a Form D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission several days ago, BlackRock is raising money for its BlackRock USD Institutional Digital… Read More

Pagaya Finalizes $280M Credit Facility with BlackRock, UBS, JPMorgan Chase, Other Lenders

Pagaya Technologies LTD. (NASDAQ: PGY), a company offering AI-driven solutions for financial services, announced the closing of a credit facility with participation from Funds and Accounts managed by BlackRock U.S. Private Capital, UBS O’Connor, JPMorgan Chase, Valley Bank, and Israel Discount Bank. The facility, which… Read More

Blackrock Adds LendingClub Shares

While shares in digital bank LendingClub (NYSE: LC) have been a bit of a dog, some people see value in the future of the company. One big investor recently added shares to its holding. BlackRock recently filed an Amended Statement of Ownership showing an increase… Read More

Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Have Transformed Financial Ecosystem, According to eToro and iShares Update

Exchange-traded funds —more commonly known as ETFs — have transformed the financial landscape, according to an update shared by eToro. And lately, ETFs actually became a beacon “for everyday investors as they navigated rising rates and inflation,” the eToro team noted. Investors have reportedly “poured… Read More

SoFi and BlackRock Partner on $375M Personal Loan Securitization

SoFi Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SOFI), a member-centric, one-stop shop for digital financial services that helps members borrow, save, spend, invest and protect their money, today announced an agreement to place a $375 million personal loan securitization exclusively with funds and accounts managed by BlackRock (NYSE:… Read More

eToro and iShares by BlackRock Expand ETF Education for Investors

eToro, the trading and investing platform, is announcing the launch of free ETF courses on the eToro Academy, made possible through a new partnership with iShares by BlackRock, the largest ETF provider in the world. With a global line-up of 1300+ ETFs and $3.12 trillion… Read More

Not so fast: BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Approval Report Walked Back

BlackRock has denied reports that its Bitcoin ETF has gained approval. Expectations that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will grudgingly approve an exchange-traded product for a spot Bitcoin fund have helped to drive prices higher of BTC in recent days. Initial reports of an… Read More

VanEck’s Addition of Ethereum Futures ETF Is A Positive Sign for Institutional Acceptance of Digital Assets, Industry Professional Claims

At the end of last week we saw a number of updates regarding the push for ETFs, with VanEck readying an Ethereum futures ETF, Ark pushing to win the race for the first spot Bitcoin ETF and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delaying… Read More

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