BlackRock's assets hit a record high of $11.6 trillion in the fourth quarter of last year as the world's largest money manager posted a 21% profit jump, helped by fee income buoyed by stronger equity markets.
Red State treasurers still look at BlackRock's CEO Larry Fink with skepticism, but these days less so, and they've largely stopped castigating him as a woke monster.
Mark Wiedman, a top BlackRock executive, is leaving the asset management firm. Wiedman was seen as a potential successor to CEO Larry Fink at BlackRock.
Wiedman, head of the global client business, was instrumental in driving BlackRock's growth in passive investing.
CNBC's Leslie Picker joins 'Power Lunch' with breaking news from BlackRock.
Mark Wiedman was most recently head of BlackRock's global client business
OpenAI said Tuesday that Adebayo Ogunlesi, founding partner of Global Infrastructure Partners, or GIP, is joining its board. It's OpenAI's latest move in its push toward a for-profit structure.
The GIP acquisition and an increase in AUM balance are expected to have aided BLK's Q4 earnings.
Rick Rieder, BlackRock CIO of global fixed income, joins CNBC's 'Closing Bell' to discuss whether the bull market has taken a turn for the worse with a backup in rates.
BlackRock's Q4 2024 earnings report is expected to show strong YoY growth, thanks to higher equity markets and strong inflows. 2024 was a record year for BlackRock, driven by successful ETF launches, particularly the iShares Bitcoin Trust, which attracted significant inflows. Despite a recent stock price correction, BlackRock's valuation remains above its historical average, and market sentiment is too negative on the financial sector due to the rise in 10-year bonds.
Asset manager BlackRock is reportedly facing a new deadline over its investments in government-backed banks. The company had missed a Jan. 10 deadline issued by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) and now has until Feb. 10 to resolve an issue related to the firm's oversight of its banking investments, Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Jan.
The Russell 2000 index is home to approximately 2,000 of the smallest companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges. While the major market indexes like the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) have soared to new highs recently, the Russell still technically hasn't grown because it hasn't closed above its previous record level from 2021.