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Company announcement/markets

Mapfre AM selects BlackRock Aladdin for digital transformation of investment platform

MAPFRE AM, MAPFRE Group’s asset management arm, will take a significant step forward in its digital transformation – a key pillar of the company’s growth strategy - by adopting BlackRock’s Aladdin platform, marking the first insurance company in Spain to implement the technology.

02 December 2024

Company announcement/wealth

BlackRock launches eFront Provider

BlackRock today announces the launch of eFront Provider, designed to enable asset servicers to offer asset managers a modern fund servicing experience, complete with real-time views into their private markets investor, fund and investment data.

08 October 2024

News/wealth

BlackRock joins Fintech Scotland

The world's largest asset manager, BlackRock, has announced its membership of Fintech Scotland, the promotional for the country's fintech sector.

24 September 2024

Company announcement/wholesale

BlackRock joins FinTech Scotland

BlackRock, the leading global investment manager, announced it was joining FinTech Scotland, the cluster management organisation for the fintech sector in Scotland. The announcement comes as BlackRock continues to develop local knowledge and talent as it expands in Scotland.

23 September 2024

Company announcement/wealth

GeoWealth scores $18 million invvestment from BlackRock

GeoWealth, a proprietary technology and turnkey asset management platform (TAMP), today announced that it has closed a $18 million growth investment led by BlackRock (NYSE: BLK).

30 July 2024

News/markets

BlackRock to buy private markets data platform Preqin for £2.5 billion

BlackRock is to acquire private market data firm Preqin for £2.55 billion in an all-cash deal expected to close before year end.

01 July 2024

News/crypto

BlackRock claims tokenisation first

BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has taken its first step into the world of tokenisation.

21 March 2024

News/devops

BlackRock rolls out GenAI to staff and clients

Global investment manager BlackRock has announced the rollout of generative AI tools as soon as January in a bid to embrace the nascent technology.

08 December 2023

News/crypto

Fake XRP ETF filing sends token's price up

A filing suggesting that BlackRock was preparing to launch a spot XRP exchange-traded fund briefly sent the token's price soaring this week before the asset manager confirmed that the paperwork was fake.

15 November 2023

News/crypto

BlackRock expands crypto strategy with Ethereum ETF application

In a filing through Nasdaq, the world’s largest asset manager revealed its plans to create an ETF that holds Ethereum’s ether token (ETH), bolstering its cryptocurrency strategy.

10 November 2023

Company announcement/wholesale

Nest selects BlackRock’s Aladdin as its investment risk platform

Nest, the UK’s largest workplace pension scheme by members, and BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, today announced a new partnership where Nest will leverage BlackRock Aladdin to manage the risk of its entire investment strategy on a single platform.

30 October 2023

Company announcement/markets

Adepa implements BlackRock's eFront technology

Adepa, the Luxembourg-based Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) and Fund Administrator, has selected eFront, a BlackRock technology solution dedicated to private markets.

25 October 2023