September 19, 2024
“The Global Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Investment Partnership is initially looking to raise $30 billion for new and existing data centers. The fundraising, which could total $100 billion, will also be used to invest in the energy infrastructure needed to power… Continue Reading…
April 29, 2024
“It’s been a difficult couple of years for BlackRock, the world’s biggest money manager. The firm is still enormously profitable, though it has recently taken some big hits because of its image as a promoter of progressive utopianism through its use of… Continue Reading…
March 27, 2024
“…Worsening the outlook is a Social Security system that has said it will not be able to pay full benefits by 2034… Fink said it is worth taking a look at when Americans are expected to start accessing Social Security… Continue Reading…
October 31, 2023
“…The most surprising finding is how thoroughly the “Big 3” investors—BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street—turned against environmental and social shareholder proposals in the past year. In the U.S., BlackRock’s support for E&S proposals dropped from 41.3% in the 2020-21 season, to 23.7% in… Continue Reading…
October 27, 2023
“BlackRock Inc. predicts that the global private debt market will roughly double to $3.5 trillion by 2028, one of the most bullish calls to date on the growth of the industry… BlackRock said it expects private debt to grow at… Continue Reading…
October 13, 2023
“BlackRock Inc. clients pulled a net $13 billion from long-term investment funds, the first outflows since the onset of the pandemic in 2020… The outflows from the firm’s long-term investment funds, including mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, missed by a… Continue Reading…
July 28, 2023
“BlackRock Inc. Co-Founder and CEO Larry Fink wants to “democratize” Bitcoin through a spot trading Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF)… “We believe we have a responsibility to democratize investing. We’ve done a great job, and the role of ETFs in the world… Continue Reading…
June 22, 2023
“BlackRock Inc.’s surprise filing for a US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund last week has led to a flurry of similar applications from rival issuers and speculation that the asset manager has key insights that will lead to approval of its… Continue Reading…
May 23, 2023
“BlackRock Investment Institute favors private credit over public as the banking-sector turmoil makes traditional lenders cautious, opening up new opportunities in the funding market. “We think private credit could help fill a void left by banks pulling back on some… Continue Reading…
January 19, 2023
“Many experts have already sounded the alarm on the U.S. economy. But you still want to pay attention to what BlackRock — the world’s largest asset manager — has to say for a very simple reason: it’s predicting a recession… Continue Reading…
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