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BlackRock’s Top Economist Thinks Bitcoin and Ethereum Look Like a Bubble

12/07/2017(0)
BlackRock, the $5 trillion asset manager, has not traditionally paid much attention to cryptocurrency platforms such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Now that the prices of those blockchain-based currencies have ... Read More
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IG Group offers first retail IPO on its Investment Platform

04/05/2017(0)
IG Group, a global leader in online trading and investing, is offering access to retail IPOs on its Investment Platform for the first time. IG launched the service today, ... Read More
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Former Equity Portfolio Manager at BlackRock pleads guilty to insider dealing

03/11/2016(0)
Mark Lyttleton, a former Equity Portfolio Manager at BlackRock, has today pleaded guilty to two counts of insider dealing.  He will be sentenced on 21 December 2016. Mr Lyttleton ... Read More
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Here’s How the US Presidential Election Will Affect the Markets; BlackRock

03/11/2016(0)
The 2016 U.S. election is unusually consequential. BlackRock’s Chief Equity Strategist Kate Moore examines what it could mean for investors. The 2016 U.S. election is unusually consequential. The underlying ... Read More
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Former BlackRock fund manager charged with insider dealing in UK

29/09/2016(0)
Mark Lyttleton, a former fund manager at the UK division of asset manager BlackRock Inc , has been charged with insider dealing by Britain’s markets regulator. The Financial Conduct ... Read More
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BlackRock Reports Second Quarter 2016 financial results

14/07/2016(0)
AUM of $4.9 trillion, up 4% year-over-year and 3% sequentially $2 billion of long-term net inflows in the second quarter of 2016, and $126 billion over the last twelve months, demonstrate strength of ... Read More
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BlackRock hedge fund sees worst start

16/02/2016(0)
Bloomberg News reports that the flagship $1.9bn Obsidian fund fell 4% in January after failing to anticipate “the extent to which markets would trade in lockstep with commodities,” according to ... Read More
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Saxo Bank launches the first large-scale, truly digital, investment solution for retail investors in partnership with BlackRock

20/01/2016(0)
SaxoSelect investment portfolios consisting of BlackRock exchange traded funds (ETFs) to launch in selected European markets, starting with Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, Netherlands and Sweden in Q1 2016. Saxo ... Read More
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BlackRock partners with Euroclear and Clearstream to migrate 20 ETFs to international settlement structure

13/11/2015(0)
Centralised post-trade arrangements increase liquidity, efficiency and reduce cost BlackRock, Euroclear and Clearstream have partnered to migrate 20 iShares ETFs to an international issuance and settlement structure. BlackRock issued ... Read More
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Pimco Joins BlackRock Bond Manager Predicting ECB Will Expand QE

25/09/2015(0)
Pimco sees increase in amount or duration of ECB buying BlackRock’s Krautzberger says ECB may `intensify’ purchases Europe’s biggest bond funds are queuing up to predict that the European Central Bank ... Read More
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