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Professional client
A Professional Client is either: (i) a ‘deemed’ professional client; (ii) serviced-based professional client; or (iii) an assessed professional Client
(i) Deemed Professional Client
A person is a “deemed” professional client if the person is:
- a supranational organisation whose members are either countries, central banks or national monetary authorities
• a government, government agency, central bank or other national monetary authority of any country or jurisdiction
• a public authority or state investment body
• an Authorised Market Institution, Regulated Exchange or regulated clearing house
• a Regulated Financial Institution or the management company of a regulated pension fund;
• a Collective Investment Fund or a regulated pension fund;
• a corporate body whose shares are listed or admitted to trading on any exchange of an IOCSO member country
• trustee of a trust which has, or had during the previous 12 months, assets of at least $10 million;
• a Single Family Office licensed under the Single Family Office Regulations
• a person classified as a ‘large undertaking’ who meetstwoof the following criteria (i) a balance sheet total of at least $20 million; (ii) a net annual turnover of at least $40 million or (iii) own funds or called up capital of at least $2 million
(ii) Service-based Professional Clients
A person is a ‘serviced-based’ professional client if
- the services provided to the client is in relation to the provision of credit including arranging and/or advising on credit
• the services provided to the client relates to corporate structuring and financing such as advice relating to an acquisition, disposal, structuring, restructuring, financing or refinancing of a corporation or other legal entity i.e. takeovers, mergers and capital raising
(iii) Assessed-based Professional Clients
Assessed-based professional clients can be either (i) individuals; or (ii) undertakings
Individuals
An individual (and associated joint account holders) would be classified as an ‘assessed-based professional client’ if:
- the individual (and primary account holder, if relevant) has net assets of at least $1 million; and
• the individual is, or has been, an employee of an authorised firm or a regulated financial institution in the past two years; or
• the individual can provide evidence which demonstrates that they have sufficient knowledge and experience of relevant markets, products and associated risks
Where there is a joint account in place, the secondary account holder must obtain confirmation in writing that investment decisions relating to the joint account are made for or on behalf of the secondary account holder
Undertakings
Undertakings, which are generally not individuals, would be classified as ‘assessed-based’ professional clients if it:
- has own funds or called up capital of at least $1 million; and
• can evidence that they have sufficient knowledge and experience of relevant markets, products and associated risks
Market counterparties
A Market Counterparty is any person who is either:
- authorised firm;
• regulated financial institution; or
• professional client
Fixed Income
Systematic Fixed Income
Our systematic fixed income team employs data-driven insights backed by cutting-edge technology and deep human expertise to deliver differentiated portfolio outcomes to investors. We believe our approach offers clients a closer look at what lies beneath the surface of debt and equity markets, providing clarity amid market complexity.
Innovation is at the heart of our investment platform, with our strategies supported by the scale and technology backbone of BlackRock.
Tom Parker
CIO of Systematic Fixed Income
Our investment philosophy
Our mission is to generate consistent, high-quality outcomes through a systematic process that validates fundamentally oriented market insights with quantitative research.
Our systematic approach to fixed income offers several key benefits for clients:
Minimal biases
Insights with minimal bias are applied across securities as models improve and are enhanced with more data over time.
Wide portfolio breadth
Unlimited by the constraints of human attention and processing capability, we can monitor thousands of changes in metrics, prices and market conditions daily.
Defensive orientation
Systematic strategies tend to reduce downside portfolio risk, offering defense return characteristics during equity market downturns.
How does BlackRock’s Systematic team seek an edge in markets?
We believe that an investment process underpinned by continual innovation is vital to our goal of delivering sustainable alpha to our clients.
Leadership
Raffaele Savi
Global Head of BlackRock Systematic Investing and Co-CIO of Systematic Equities
Tom Parker
Chief Investment Officer, Systematic Fixed Income
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