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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

News/crypto

JPMorgan moves to commercialise blockchain with Tokenized Collateral Network

JPMorgan Chase has transformed money market fund shares into tokens to execute an over-the-counter derivatives trade between BlackRock and Barclays Bank using blockchain technology.

11 October 2023

News/markets

Upvest raises €30 million and secures deal with BlackRock

Upvest, a Berlin-based startup offering a plug-and-play API for fintechs entering the investment market, has raised €30 million and secured a deal with BlackRock to make investing more accessible for millions of people across Europe.

11 October 2023

Company announcement/wealth

BlackRock joins Allfunds' Private Partners programme

Allfunds (AMS:ALLFG), the leading B2B Wealth Tech platform for the fund management industry, announces that global asset manager BlackRock, is joining the Allfunds Private Partners programme (APP).

19 September 2023

News/retail

Monzo Investments launches

Monzo has unveiled an investments feature, allowing the UK digital bank's customers to put as little as £1 into a choice of multi-asset funds.

12 September 2023