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Asset ManagersLiontrust Implements Integrated Solution with Aladdin® & BNY
(November 20, 2024) Liontrust implements BlackRock’s Aladdin® technology, in collaboration with BNY, to deliver scalable portfolio and risk management capabilities that benefit their investment teams and clients. -
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All InstitutionsHumans in the loop; Robots on the team - Part 2
Adrian Crockett, General Manager, Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services, and Syril Smith Garson, Head of Product for AI, discuss the capabilities needed to support copilots—and explore the future of data integration and multimodal AI. -
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Asset ServicersEnhancing Efficiency: Adepa's Digital Transformation
Learn how streamlined operations, centralized data and improved efficiency is helping Adepa stay ahead of asset servicing trends. -
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All InstitutionsHumans in the loop; Robots on the team
Adrian Crockett, General Manager, Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services, and Syril Smith Garson, Head of Product for AI, discuss the future of user interfaces and experiences, the concept of copilots, and the importance of building trust in AI. -
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Private MarketsBlackRock Introduces eFront Provider
(Oct 8, 2024) eFront Provider is a collaborative platform for private markets, enabling asset servicers to offer asset managers a modern fund servicing experience—with real-time views into their private markets investor, fund, and investment data. -
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Private MarketsA Collaborative Platform for Private Markets
Asset servicers and asset managers have faced tech and data challenges when collaborating across the private markets ecosystem. eFront Provider offers a common language between asset servicers and asset managers, enabling seamless collaboration. -
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All InstitutionsHarnessing Innovation: GenAI by Aladdin
In this new era of big data, institutional investors are looking to do more. Aladdin Copilot serves to strengthen the connective tissue across the platform—unlocking new efficiencies and uncovering actionable information faster. -
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WebinarsHarnessing Risk in Volatile Markets Through Tech
In the third installment of our webinar series with FT FundFire, experts discuss a dynamic approach to portfolio management and the role of tech in navigating an evolving risk landscape. -
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WebinarsA Data-Driven Approach to Managing Market Uncertainty
Hear from experts on the transformative power of data, the challenges asset managers & asset owners face in volatile markets, and how a comprehensive portfolio view can provide organizations with a solid foundation for enhanced investment management. -
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WebinarsAccelerating Innovation to Transform Investment Management
In partnership with the Financial Times, this webinar explores the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on investment management and the ways institutional investors are adapting. -
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All InstitutionsAn Introduction to Aladdin Climate
This webinar provides an overview of the technology, new capabilities, and coverage of climate analytics. We outline how our platform can assist in navigating climate risks and opportunities. -
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Pension FundsCase in Point: Investment Tech for Pensions
As pensions face rising challenges, from geopolitics to industry disruptions and natural disasters, understanding exposures to specific countries, sectors, and issuers across multi-asset portfolios has never been more important. -
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Asset ManagersAsset Management in the Era of Continuous Change
Ted Truscott, Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, and Sudhir Nair, Global Head of Aladdin, discuss the evolution of asset management, client expectations and how technology is impacting investment management processes. -
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Asset ManagersFranklin Templeton Selects Aladdin
(July 23, 2024) Aladdin® by BlackRock was selected by Franklin Templeton to unify its investment management tech across public market asset classes to reduce complexity and support business growth. -
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Private MarketseFront Insight Quarterly Performance Benchmarks – Q4 2023
The eFront® Insight performance metrics are calculated using the cashflow information of almost 8,700 unique private market funds and are provided on a net-of-fee basis. -
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InsurersAIA Announces Collaboration with BlackRock and BNY
(July 12, 2024) AIA announces a new agreement with BlackRock and BNY, as AIA transforms its investment platform, to support the company’s long-term investment programme. -
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Private MarketsBlackRock to Acquire Preqin, Leading Private Markets Data Provider
(June 30, 2024) BlackRock, Inc. has agreed to acquire Preqin, a leading independent provider of private markets data, bringing together Preqin’s data and research tools with Aladdin’s complementary workflow capabilities in a unified platform. -
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All InstitutionsThe Way Forward - Part 2
Our Aladdin Client, Engineering, and Product leaders explore the implications of emerging technologies via the foundational role of data in AI development, the evolution of cloud computing, and the potential of blockchain beyond cryptocurrency. -
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All InstitutionsAladdin Climate brochure
Aladdin® Climate is a standalone solution that enables clients to evaluate climate-related risks and opportunities within their investment portfolio, across a broad range of public asset classes. -
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Private MarketsAdvancing ESG with tech
Priya Gopalan, Head of ESG, Northstar Group, and Hui Min Loh, Aladdin Alternatives Business Development, discuss the recent ESG trends in APAC as well as Northstar’s ESG journey and how they have evolved their ESG practices with technology. -
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All InstitutionsThe Way Forward
Our Aladdin Client, Engineering, and Product leaders discuss how modern tech forces are reshaping the future for asset managers and owners—and the importance of maintaining a stable and performant platform while innovating. -
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All InstitutionsCapturing “change alpha”
Martin Huber, Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company, and Pia Schaefer, Global Head of Value Engineering for the Aladdin Client Business, discuss the concept of “change alpha”. -
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Asset ManagersIntesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
Paola Papanicolaou, Executive Director, Group Head of Transformation Area, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. discusses what innovation means to Intesa Sanpaolo, how they leverage technology to face change and how DEI is part of their core business. -
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All InstitutionsThe Way Forward: six tech forces driving transformation
We’re on the cusp of seismic change—with tech reshaping our lives and the way we do business. From GenAI to digital assets, these shifts create a future of unknowns but also opportunity. Explore our vision for the next era of innovation. -
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All InstitutionsUncover more with Aladdin® Risk
As the evolution of investment management accelerates, tech must keep pace not only to maintain efficient operational controls, but also the ability to expand into & support new asset classes, the focus on alpha generation, and your competitive edge. -
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Asset ManagersRoyal London AM Adopts Aladdin® using HSBC’s Middle Office services
Royal London Asset Management, adopts BlackRock’s Aladdin technology platform, which HSBC will leverage to manage the fund manager’s middle office. -
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Private MarketseFront Insight Quarterly Performance Benchmarks – Q3 2023
The eFront® Insight performance metrics are calculated using the cashflow information of 8,300 unique private market funds and are provided on a net-of-fee basis. -
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Wealth ManagersMorgan Stanley: The invisibility of the engine
Chris Scott-Hansen, Managing Director, Associate Director of Consulting Group, Head of Trading & Managed Solutions, Morgan Stanley, and Woo Fung Kwong, Managing Director, Chief Strategic Advisor to Aladdin discuss risk management in the wealth space. -
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Asset ManagersAre Asset Managers Ready for the New Data Demands of Private Markets?
Amid growing enthusiasm for private investments, asset managers' success hinges on their ability to gather and master vast amounts of data. Adopting the right investment platform that unifies public and private investments is key. -
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InsurersSLC Management: Transforming through data
Candace Shaw, Senior Managing Director, Deputy Chief Investment Officer & Chief Operating Officer, SLC Management, shares her thoughts about data management practices, the complexity of legacy systems, and where she sees future growth opportunities. -
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All InstitutionsBuy-Side Technology Awards 2023 Winner’s Interview
Kunal Khara chats with Victor Anderson about the versatility of Aladdin and how it offers a comprehensive and consistent platform that enables users to have a single source of data for their portfolios across multiple asset classes. -
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All InstitutionsThe decision is in the data. How accounting is evolving in an AI world
Feb 5, 2024A data-driven approach empowers institutional investors to become storytellers to trusted partners and stakeholders. Especially for insurers, data acts as the raw material for competitive innovation, risk management, and decision-making power. -
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Private MarketsESG Transparency in Private Markets
Feb 2, 2024Combining quantitative survey data collected in the 2022 campaign carried out during 2023 and qualitative insights from our stakeholders, this research paper aims to contribute to the ongoing discourse surrounding ESG reporting in private markets. -
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Private MarketsBlackRock rolls out its first gen AI copilot to select eFront clients
Dec 14, 2023(Pensions & Investments)BlackRock has launched a private preview of its first generative AI powered "co-pilot" for 10 clients of eFront, a wholly owned software platform under BlackRock's Aladdin umbrella. -
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All InstitutionsTechnology for the pace of change
A conversation between Jason Wild, Vice President, CEO Co-Innovation and Customer Engagement of Microsoft, and Lance Braunstein, Managing Director, Aladdin, on how BlackRock and Microsoft are continuously redefining fintech through. -
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InsurersFrom Albatross to Catalyst
By Kunal KharaFor an industry built on liability containment and risk management, the current state of play is a potpourri of challenges and opportunities. -
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All InstitutionsSovereign Bond Liquidity Dynamics
Both the volatility and bid-ask spreads in the gilt market have nearly doubled over the last two months. -
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All InstitutionsThe instruments of change
By Tarek ChoumanEmpowering scalability & growth through uncertainty. The ecosystem, connectivity, and true partnerships that technology brings are, in fact, what will help determine success during a continued period of market volatility. -
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Private MarketsESG opportunities & risks in private markets
By Melissa FerrazWe are in the midst of one of the largest, and most important, social movements in our civilization’s history. It’s a movement that involves not only individuals at the local level but the totality of our global community. -
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Private MarketsLearn about generative AI by eFront. Introducing eFront Copilot.
From automation to machine learning & natural language processing, AI has been a part of BlackRock’s DNA for years. Now, introducing a new generation of private markets technology - eFront Copilot, available within eFront Insight. -
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Banks and BrokersLead Through Uncertainty with Aladdin®
In an environment of global market changes, evolving regulatory requirements, and uncertainty, banks–including central, investment, retail, commercial, and community banks–have an opportunity to lead. Aladdin tech can help you achieve that and more. -
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Asset ServicersBNP Paribas’s Securities Services business
BNP Paribas’s Securities Services Global Head of Private Capital, Laurent Durdilly, shares how technology is helping them service their clients across the globe in a homogenous way. -
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All InstitutionsBlackRock to roll out first generative AI tools to clients
“GenAI will change how people interact with technology…[and] likely change our clients’ expectations around the frequency, timeliness, and simplicity of our interactions.” Read the coverage in the Financial Times. -
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All InstitutionsThe Fourth Industrial Revolution
Syril Smith, Head of Product for Alpha, Research and AI platforms and Adam Salvatori, Head of AI, Alpha, and Digital Assets Engineering, share more about the combination of humans and machines and the accessibility of new technologies. -
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InsurersHow Technology Can Offer Relief to Insurers’ Investment Teams
(Institutional Investor) Shifting macro factors are creating challenges for insurers’ portfolio management. The right tech platform is crucial to tackling these hurdles. -
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InsurersBringing to Life The Global Insurance Report
Mark Erickson, Global Head of BlackRock’s Financial Institutions Group, and Kunal Khara, Global Head of Aladdin Product, sat down to discuss this year's edition of the Global Insurance Report. -
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Private MarketsAdepa chooses BlackRock’s eFront® to enhance its Private Assets Offer
Adepa Global Services has chosen eFront® to help strengthen its position as a strategic provider for alternatives investors; eFront® allows Adepa to provide services to its clients in private equity, private debt, infrastructure, and real estate. -
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Private MarketsMirova
Arnaud Grapin, Head of IT and Organization at Mirova, shares how they have leveraged eFront to cover all real assets activities, as well as manage investor relationships and their portfolio companies. -
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InsurersThe Decision is in the Data
Change is everywhere. And the need for a stable foundation that is built for the pace of change has never been more pressing. -
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Private MarketsAcumen
Acumen’s Chief Financial Officer, Jacqueline Woo, shares how technology is helping them on their journey to bring together the power of markets and the power of philanthropy. -
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Asset ServicersTechnology transforming the asset servicer/asset manager relationship
Naveen TV, Global Head, Data strategy and Integrations at J.P. Morgan Securities Services sits down with Tarek Chouman, Global Head, Aladdin Client Business to discuss the evolution of the relationship between asset servicers and their clients. -
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InsurersAladdin: Touching all aspects of an evolving investment ecosystem
(Source: Reinsurance News) Portfolios are constantly evolving—and Aladdin’s technology is too. Learn how the platform is helping insurers unify their investment process and navigate a changing landscape. -
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Wealth Managers“Experiences must be seamless”: Three trends shaping Wealth Tech
The rapid evolution of financial technology is causing a shift towards advisory models to support personalized wealth management. Private banks must scale up and customize their offerings to meet demands of the next generation of investors. -
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All InstitutionsRiding The Wave or Getting Caught in The Undertow
A conversation on the opportunities and challenges that asset managers and asset owners face today with Meera Jessa and Ultan Geraghty, Aladdin’s Co-Heads of Client Engagement, AMRS. -
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Private MarketsLive from Paris: A Conversation with Ardian
Ardian’s Business Relationship Manager, Clément Perrin sits down with Marija Djordjevic, Head of eFront Research, to share more about their digital transformation journey and discuss how Ardian leverages technology to uncover investment opportunities -
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InsurersDriving meaningful business transformation for insurers
As insurers face operational challenges due to technology stacks built across multiple systems, and inconsistent data on thousands of spreadsheets, Aladdin technology helps clients transform. -
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Asset ManagersA Unified Investment Platform Brings Scalability and Growth
(Institutional Investor) Asset managers face an inflection point in 2023, as shifts in markets, technology, and client expectations put firms through a stress test. But the right investment management platform can help them adapt and grow. -
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Private MarketseFront Insight Quarterly Performance Benchmarks – Q1 2023
The eFront® Insight Research performance metrics are calculated using the cashflow information of 7,800 unique private market funds and are provided on a net-of-fee basis. -
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Private MarketsInsight private equity benchmarks released for Q1 2023
eFront Insight Research publishes the performance benchmarks for private market funds based on the cash-flow data up to March 31st, 2023. -
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All InstitutionsPrinciples of design: platform & product
Sue Zheng, Tech Fellow and Afwa Kandawire, Global Head of Aladdin Platforms share more about the platform developments (cloud, scale, API), product engineering and the fundamental pillars of engineering at BlackRock. -
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Private MarketsTreading the data management balancing act
(PEI Magazine, Future of Private Equity Special Report) Managers are revamping their data management processes to cope with intensifying LP demands for better, faster reporting. Can technology & third-party providers help to relieve the burden? -
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All InstitutionsBig Little Questions
Right now, the world is full of uncertainty. But even with all the unknowns out there—institutions (of all types) are asking similar questions, as they hunt for growth, scale, yield, and value. -
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Pension FundsAladdin® for Pensions
The Aladdin® platform delivers integrated, service-oriented solutions to meet a myriad of oversight and investment management needs for pension plans. Learn how Aladdin® technology can help unlock opportunities. -
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Private MarketseFront Insight Quarterly Performance Benchmarks – Q4 2022
The eFront® Insight Research performance metrics are calculated using the cashflow information of more than 7,700 unique private market funds and are provided on a net-of-fee basis. -
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Private MarketsInsight private equity benchmarks released for Q4 2022
eFront Insight Research publishes the performance benchmarks for private market funds based on the cash-flow data up to December 31st, 2022. -
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InsurersWe look forward to meeting you at IASA Xchange 2023!
The BlackRock Aladdin is proud to sponsor IASA Xchange! Our team will be available to discuss how Aladdin® unifies the insurance investment management process. -
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Private MarketsTechnology - as the instrument of change
BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business has been collaborating with eFront for over a decade to centralize its services on a single platform across multiple locations, streamline all operations and automate its workflows. -
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Private MarketsReadying for Risk
Learn how technology can help asset owners understand their exposures and respond accordingly from Melissa Ferraz, Managing Director and Global Head of Aladdin Alternatives at BlackRock, from her recent Keynote Interview with PEI. -
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Private MarketsA decades-long, deep collaboration
EXEO Capital, the first general partner in Africa to deploy the eFront® platform has been leveraging the technology for over ten years to systemize, standardize, and centralize data as well as manage their entire deal flow on a single platform. -
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Asset ManagersAladdin® for Asset Managers
Discover how Aladdin® technology can help you differentiate, scale, and grow. Your talent. Your secret sauce. Our platform. -
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Wealth ManagersHere’s How WealthTech Increases, Not Diminishes, Hands-On Service
(Source: Forbes) Opinion piece that highlights how the right wealth tech solutions can help advisors deliver the greatest value for their clients. -
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Private MarketsAladdin stambord: the “main table” for the Nordics
Our Nordic footprint— serving the region with on-the-ground collaboration and support for over two decades—continues to provide a common language throughout organizations and across their whole portfolio—through our tech platform, Aladdin. -
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Private MarketsUnlock your data and documents at scale
Automate private markets reporting with new eFront technology for asset owners & asset managers. -
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Private MarketseFront GP Suite
Everything you need in one place. eFront GP Suite, our private markets software, encompasses industry-tested tools to meet the needs of General Partner firms of All Institutions sizes. -
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Wealth ManagersThe making of a market-driven scenario
Impacts from market uncertainty, geopolitical events, monetary policy intervention by central banks and other types of macro shocks now carry greater weight in influencing markets compared to the past decade. -
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Wealth ManagersAsset allocation: is it enough?
Asset allocation is one of the most important portfolio decisions for investors. However, advisors who rely solely on asset allocation-based analyses may face inherent blind spots that negatively impact their clients. -
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Wealth ManagersThe Power of Stress Testing
When advisors address risk head-on with real-world scenarios, stress testing highlights the value of the relationship, encourages conversations that support long-term investing and helps align client goals with their risk tolerances. -
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Wealth ManagersMaking it Easier to Transition Portfolios
Model portfolios are a popular way for advisors to reduce the time needed to manage individual portfolios so they can spend more time growing their overall practice while providing clients with the benefits of a professionally managed portfolio. -
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Wealth ManagersGetting to all Layers of Risk
Risk exposures may dramatically vary among investments, even if those assets have the same overall volatility. Analyzing the underlying risk factors can increase your understanding of what’s really going on inside a portfolio. -
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Wealth ManagersSolving the Client Puzzle with Householding
Financial planning often involves managing multiple accounts. These accounts have specific risk profiles, but individually, they do not represent a client’s full risk picture or even total wealth. How can you gain more visibility? -
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Wealth ManagersThe Value of Reevaluation
Advisors use structured products in portfolio construction for reasons as varied as the attributes of these assets. Structured products can be included in a portfolio to enhance yield, get leveraged exposure or implement high conviction views. -
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Wealth ManagersFor Best Results, Face Forward while Driving
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. We’re all familiar with this phrase when helping clients understand investment returns. Ironically, this thinking doesn’t always translate into the portfolio construction process. -
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Wealth ManagersRecognize and Catch the Drift
Professional investors are disciplined about monitoring and managing their risks daily. They adjust portfolios to manage risk as positions, cash and markets change. -
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Wealth ManagersExpertise in and beyond portfolio and risk technology
A strong technology partner has a symbiotic relationship with wealth managers and shared goals for progressing their businesses. There should be an understanding of the specific needs of those businesses, such as knowledge of local regulations. -
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Wealth ManagersPublic, private and the whole portfolio view
After years of historically low yields in public markets, private assets have significantly grown in importance for many investors and their portfolios. -
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Private MarketseFront Insight Quarterly Performance Benchmarks – Q3 2022
The eFront® Insight Research performance metrics are calculated using the cashflow information of more than 7,300 unique private market funds and are provided on a net-of-fee basis. -
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Private MarketsPrivate Equity Performance Overview – Q1 2022
Our latest Quarterly Report brings together two complementary sets of benchmarks for the global PE market as of Q1 2022: Fund-level transaction-based metrics and deal-level performance statistics derived from individual deal financials. -
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Private MarketsPrivate Equity Performance Overview – Q4 2021
Our latest Quarterly Report brings together two complementary sets of benchmarks for the global PE market as of Q4 2021: Fund-level transaction-based metrics and deal-level performance statistics derived from individual deal financials. -
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Private MarketsPrivate Equity Performance Overview – Q2 2021
The eFront® Insight Research performance metrics are calculated using the cashflow information of more than 7,300 unique private market funds and are provided on a net-of-fee basis. -
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Private MarketsBenefits of International Diversification: Focus on the UK LBO Market
We looked at the eFront Insight universe of the 20-year history of quarterly returns of regional pools of LBO funds to quantify the correlation structure between different regions. -
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Private MarketsPrivate Equity Performance Overview – Q1 2021
Our latest Quarterly Report brings together two complementary sets of benchmarks for the global PE market as of Q1 2021: Fund-level transaction-based metrics and deal-level performance statistics derived from individual deal financials. -
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Private MarketsGlobal Private Equity Performance Series
The fourth edition of Global Private Equity Performance Series is for the first time using the deal-level benchmarks in geographical performance analysis. -
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Private MarketsExit Environment in 2020 and Evolution of Holding Periods
A detailed eFront Insight portfolio look-through dataset allowed us to look back into the 10-year long history of exits to analyze the evolution of holding periods and the disruptions the year of pandemic brought onto the private equity deal market. -
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Private MarketsReturns, risks and liquidity of VC Funds in Q3 2020
At the close of Q3, 2020 has shown to be an exceptional year for venture capital performance, with funds globally recording an increase in aggregated multiple of invested capital (TVPI), rising from 1.58x in Q3 2019 to 1.63x in Q3 2020. -
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Asset ManagersBNP Paribas Asset Management
Fatia-Fatma Balit, Chief Technology Officer of BNPPAM, discusses how BNPPAM is leveraging technology to continuously transform their business and innovate for the pace of change. -
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Pension FundsAustralianSuper’s digital transformation
AustralianSuper’s Chief Operating Officer, Peter Curtis, sits down for a lunchtime chat with Sudhir Nair, Global Head of the Aladdin Business, and shares his thoughts about the role technology has played in their recent transformation. -
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CorporatesMicrosoft Treasury: a twenty-year partnership forged on innovation
In 2002, Microsoft Treasury embarked on a digital journey to transform its business and bring efficiency to new levels. Integrating All Institutions investment tools onto one platform, centralizing data, and automating processes. -
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Pension FundsNew Mexico’s SIO embraces a whole portfolio view
With Aladdin Risk and eFront, the SIO has comprehensive and granular investment data across public and private markets on one integrated platform for the first time. -
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Private MarketsBlackRock Alternative Investors
Listen to the conversation between Arnab Mazumdar, Chief Digital Officer for BlackRock Alternative Investors and Tarek Chouman, Global Head of Business Development for the Aladdin Business. -
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Private MarketsSumitomo Mitsui Trust
Listen to Toru Masuda, Executive Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and Norimasa Yoshida, Managing Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank. -
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Private MarketsCreador
Creador's Executive Director, Sachin Goel shares their sustainability journey, how eFront technology is embedded in their investment processes and what's next for them. -
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InsurersUnlock New Opportunities with Aladdin
Against a backdrop of elevated market pressures and evolving risk factors, insurance asset management has become more complex—while becoming more critical to success—than ever before. Your job has gotten bigger. You need a platform that can deliver. -
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InsurerseFront® for Insurers
Learn more how Blackrock’s eFront® technology, integrated with the Aladdin platform, helps provide a consolidated view of risk across public and private assets, portfolio optimization and integrated tools for alternatives management. -
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InsurersDigital insurer Singlife picks BlackRock
Mar 8, 2023(Source: PIO) Singapore Life, Singapore, appointed an alliance formed between BlackRock Aladdin and Citi to provide asset management capabilities across its front, middle and back offices. -
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Asset ManagersSTANLIB selects BlackRock's Aladdin enterprise platform
Mar 7, 2023(Source: Aladdin) In a first for South Africa, STANLIB has onboarded Aladdin’s enterprise capabilities, BlackRock’s market leading investment technology to drive transformational growth by optimising the client experience and reducing complexity. -
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All InstitutionsDomain-Driven Asset Management
By BlackRockAlan Moore describes the use of DomainDriven Design for Asset Management at BlackRock and how we’re using it to customize, extend, and adapt Aladdin to meet the needs of clients. -
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All Institutions2023 Tech Trends for the Asset Management Industry
By BlackRockBlackRock’s tech leaders share the trends affecting investors in the year ahead. -
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All InstitutionsBlackRock's mighty tech unit is a silver lining in an awful market
Jan 20, 2023(Source: Business insider) In a tumultuous year for BlackRock, its powerful and widely used risk-analytics and portfolio-management technology Aladdin had a notably strong year, having won record new mandates. -
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InsurersBuy-Side Technology Awards 2022 Winner’s Interview
Jan 18, 2023Sudhir Nair chats with Victor Anderson about Aladdin’s win in the “Best IBOR” category. They discuss Aladdin as a world-class IBOR since day one, the importance of seamlessly integrated workflows, and the need for a whole portfolio solution. -
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Asset ManagersHow Asset Owners & Managers Use Technology to Gain Portfolio Insights
Jan 3, 2023(Source: CIO Magazine) In conversation with CIO, Sudhir Nair, Global Head the Aladdin Business, spoke about Aladdin's novel analytics and the possibility of augmenting the platform with alternative data and ESG data. -
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Asset ManagersAsset managers pour money into tech platforms to take on BlackRock
Dec 5, 2022(Source: Financial times)Financial Times is reporting on money managers that are pouring money into investment platforms, trying to replicate BlackRock’s technology business, which has succeeded in bringing new streams of revenue in volatile markets. -
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Wealth ManagersHSBC unveils Prism Advisory for Asia private banking clients
Nov 14, 2022(Source: CityWire) HSBC today announced the launch of its hybrid advisory service, HSBC Prism Advisory, in Asia, which uses BlackRock’s Aladdin Wealth technology combined with HSBC personal advisers. -
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InsurersBuy-Side Technology Awards 2022: Aladdin Wins Best IBOR
Nov 4, 2022(Source: WatersTechnology) Aladdin has been awarded ‘Best IBOR’ as part of the WatersTechnology Buy-Side Technology Awards 2022. -
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Asset ManagersCoinbase Stock Jumps After Announcing Partnership With BlackRock
Aug 4, 2022(Source: The Wall Street Journal) BlackRock, the world's largest money manager, announced a partnership with Coinbase Global. -
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InsurersInsurance asset risk technology provider of 2022: Aladdin by BlackRock
Aug 1, 2022(Source: Insurance Asset Risk) Aladdin, BlackRock's ubiquitous risk technology, has served insurance clients for over two decades. -
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Private MarketsBlackRock Expands Partnership with Private Market Investors
May 12, 2022BlackRock announced that a consortium of LP and Funds of Funds have partnered in an effort to streamline and standardize ESG reporting for private markets leveraging ESG Outreach to accelerate the collection, analysis and reporting of ESG data. -
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Asset ManagersSolutions Market Perspective Series: An Interview with Sudhir Nair
Apr 5, 2022(Source: Citisoft) An interview with Sudhir Nair, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of the Aladdin Business, exploring BlackRock's evolving solutions strategy, operating model consolidation driven by M&A, the eFront acquisition, and more. -
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All InstitutionsBlackRock Uses Azure to Strengthen Aladdin
Apr 1, 2022(Source: Microsoft) To facilitate the next chapter of growth and innovation for BlackRock and its Aladdin technology clients, BlackRock is moving its Aladdin investment platform to Microsoft Azure. -
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Banks and BrokersCentral Banking Awards: Aladdin Wins Best Risk Management Technology
Mar 31, 2022(Source: Central Banking) BlackRock's Aladdin has been awarded 'Best Risk Management Technology' as part of the 2022 Central Banking Awards. -
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Asset ManagersBST Awards 2021: Aladdin Wins Best Buy-Side Risk Management Initiative
Nov 5, 2021(Source: Waterstechnology) The Aladdin whole portfolio view solution has been awarded 'Best integrated front-office platform' as part of the WatersTechnology Buy-Side Technology Awards 2021. -
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Asset ManagersBST Awards 2021: Aladdin Wins Best Integrated Front-Office Platform
Nov 4, 2021(Source: Waterstechnology) Aladdin Climate has been awarded 'Best buy-side risk management initiative over the last 12 months', as part of the WatersTechnology Buy-Side Technology Awards 2021. -
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All InstitutionsDesign Systems Must Grow and Evolve
By BlackRockAs a client-centered technology, BlackRock’s investment management technology, Aladdin, is constantly evolving. Creating a successful design system for Aladdin is no different — it evolves over time according to user needs and expectations. -
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All InstitutionsBlackrock & Cassini Partner to Enrich Aladdin’s Derivatives Abilities
Jun 15, 2021(Source: Cassini Systems) BlackRock enters a strategic partnership with Cassini Systems to integrate Cassini’s margin analytics capabilities into the Aladdin platform. -
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All InstitutionsBlackRock & FlexTrade Partner to Bolster Aladdin's Trading Abilities
May 18, 2021(Source: FlexTrade) Integration enables clients to leverage the Aladdin platform’s broad-based OEMS capabilities alongside FlexTrade’s leadership and expertise in EMS -
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Private MarketsAsset-level benchmarks now available with eFront Insight
Today, BlackRock announces the availability of deal-level benchmark analysis within eFront Insight. Powered by data sourced directly from GPs -
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Private MarketsThe definitive analytical platform for alternative investments
As a rising number of limited partners seek to grow their exposure to alternative investments, securing high-quality data and powerful analytics has become increasingly imperative to attaining top quartile performance. -
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Private MarketsNew eFront Invest UI transforms the client experience
In line with our commitment to continuously enhance eFront solutions based on our clients’ feedback, we are excited to announce the new UI/UX release to the eFront Invest solution. -
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Private MarketsNew ESG Outreach to help private markets investors
July 22, 2021 –BlackRock has added new capabilities to its eFront Insight platform to help clients reach their sustainable investment goals. Built in partnership with the eFront Insight client community. -
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All InstitutionsSnowflake, BlackRock forge partnership to launch Aladdin Data Cloud
Feb 22, 2021(Source: ZDNet) BlackRock partners with Snowflake to launch Aladdin Data Cloud - an investment platform powered by Snowflake. This partnership will bring Aladdin and non-Aladdin data together and enable developers to utilize it via Aladdin Studio. -
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All InstitutionsBlackRock looks to predictive ESG data, rather than point-in-time
Jan 26, 2021(Source: Waters Technology) Adding ESG principles into the investment process, BlackRock looks to build out new modeling tools for Aladdin users to better understand how their company’s decisions today can affect their performance in the future. -
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All InstitutionsWhat Will Climate Change Do to Your Portfolio? Aladdin Has the Answer
Dec 1, 2020(Source: Institutional Investor) BlackRock launches Aladdin Climate to help investors measure both the physical risk of climate change and the transition risk to a low-carbon economy on portfolios with climate-adjusted securities and risk metrics. -
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All InstitutionsBlackRock’s Q3 Profit Climbed on Steady Inflows, Higher Fee Revenue
Oct 12, 2020(Source: The Wall Street Journal) BlackRock's third-quarter results show an increase of 18% in revenues despite All Institutions parts of the economy and markets being upended by the coronavirus pandemic. -
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Asset ServicersCiti to Expand Fund Services on BlackRock’s Aladdin Platform
Jul 13, 2020(Source: Citigroup) Citigroup Inc. reached an agreement to provide middle-office services for investment managers using BlackRock Inc.’s Aladdin Provider platform. -
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Wealth ManagersAdvisors Step Up Portfolio Risk Analysis to Calm Clients
Jul 20, 2020(Source: Advisor Hub) Brokers are stepping up their use of risk-management tools for clients nervous about the coronavirus economy, according to software manufacturers, furthering their efforts to get a closer look. -
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Asset ServicersNorthern Trust Announces Alliance with BlackRock’s Aladdin
May 20, 2020(Source: Business Wire) Northern Trust has entered into a strategic alliance with BlackRock to deliver enhanced operations, data, and servicing capabilities to mutual clients. -
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Private MarketsThe Relentless Ambition of BlackRock’s Aladdin
May 20, 2020(Source: Institutional Investor) BlackRock is rolling out new updates to its flagship Aladdin platform as the asset management giant tries to take over even more of the portfolio management software market. -
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Private MarketsBlackRock execs lay out the $1.3 billion eFront deal
May 20, 2020(Source: Business Insider) After completing its $1.3 billion acquisition of eFront in May 2019, BlackRock is integrating the alternative investment management software into the firm's crown jewel, Aladdin. -
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All InstitutionsBlackRock to make Aladdin 'language of portfolios'
May 20, 2020(Source: Ignite Europe) BlackRock wants its technology platform Aladdin to become the “language of portfolios” as it continues to see technology as a “key differentiator”. -
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Asset ManagersSantander AM becomes latest customer for BlackRock's Aladdin
May 19, 2020(Source: Funds Europe) Santander Asset Management has adopted Aladdin, BlackRock’s operations system for investment managers, as part of its digital transformation. -
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Asset ServicersBlackRock plans for Aladdin to be the custodian's investment language
May 18, 2020(Source: Global Custodian) BlackRock's flagship investment operations platform - Aladdin - is quickly becoming the core infrastructure for custodian’s front-to-back servicing models. -
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Wealth ManagersBrinker Capital to Implement BlackRock’s Aladdin Wealth Platform
May 12, 2020(Source: Brinker Capital) Brinker Capital, a leading investment management company focused on multi-asset class investing, it will begin using BlackRock’s state of the art risk management platform, Aladdin Wealth. -
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All InstitutionsBlackRock partners with Rhodium on physical climate analytics
May 7, 2020(Source: BlackRock) BlackRock partners with Rhodium Group to develop solutions to help clients better understand the impacts of climate risk. -
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Asset ManagersBlackRock Onboards 8 Aladdin Clients Remotely
May 4, 2020(Source: The Trade News) The asset management giant has turned to collaboration tools to help with client implementations during the pandemic lockdown. -
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All InstitutionsBlackRock: ESG Research to Be 'at the Heart' of Aladdin
May 4, 2020(Source: Ignites) BlackRock is placing ESG research on par with analysis of fundamental and quantitative investment factors, in part by integrating it into its Aladdin portfolio management technology. -
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Asset ServicersBNP Paribas Securities Services teams up with BlackRock
Apr 21, 2020(Source: BNP Paribas) Agreement between custodian and asset manager will include BNP Paribas using Aladdin to perform middle-office outsourced services. -
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All InstitutionsBlackRock and Microsoft Partner to Host Aladdin on Azure
Apr 7, 2020(Source: Microsoft) BlackRock and Microsoft Corp. have formed a strategic partnership to host BlackRock’s Aladdin infrastructure on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, bringing enhanced capabilities to BlackRock and its Aladdin clients. -
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All InstitutionsLarry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, says Aladdin is just a tech startup
Jan 15, 2020(Source: Business Insider) In Larry Fink's eyes, Aladdin isn't so different from a startup. -
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Private MarketsBlackRock Completes Acquisition of eFront
May 10, 2019(Source: BlackRock) The combination of eFront with Aladdin will set a new standard in investment and risk management technology. to perform middle-office outsourced services. -
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Wealth ManagersAladdin Wealth helping BlackRock to 'be part of the infrastructure
Apr 17, 2019(Source: Business Insider) Individual investors are so impressed by BlackRock's risk evaluation technology that they're moving their money to the financial advisors who use it. -
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Asset ServicersTwo Wall Street Giants Are Going to Be Linking Their Customers’ Data
Apr 3, 2019(Source: Wall Street Journal) Rivals Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and BlackRock Inc. are going to be integrating customer data with each other in a new alliance both companies hope will jump-start growth. -
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Wealth ManagersHSBC signs deal to use BlackRock's 'Aladdin' software worldwide
Mar 21, 2019(Source: Reuters UK) HSBC has signed a deal to offer BlackRock’s Aladdin investment management software to the bank’s wealthy customers, in a boost to the U.S. asset manager’s plans to squeeze money from technology by selling it to rivals. -
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Wealth ManagersManage your business at scale
The speed and depth at which you understand what’s happening in your firm is critical. -
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Wealth ManagersEngage clients holistically with Aladdin Wealth™
Understand the bigger picture with Aladdin Wealth™ analytics and help align portfolio goals with clients’ intended outcomes. -
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Wealth ManagersPersonalize solutions with Aladdin Wealth™
Client preferences span many dimensions, ranging from tax to sustainability to other values. Aladdin Wealth™ equips you to deliver personalized portfolios seamlessly and at scale for clients across programs and service models. -
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Wealth ManagersDrive business growth with Aladdin Wealth™
Differentiated advice is vital to growing a business. Aladdin Wealth™ brings a deeper level of intelligence to support higher-quality client interactions.
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LaunchesA Collaborative Platform for Private Markets
Asset servicers and asset managers have faced tech and data challenges when collaborating across the private markets ecosystem. eFront Provider offers a common language between asset servicers and asset managers, enabling seamless collaboration. -
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LaunchesHarnessing Innovation: GenAI by Aladdin
In this new era of big data, institutional investors are looking to do more. Aladdin Copilot serves to strengthen the connective tissue across the platform—unlocking new efficiencies and uncovering actionable information faster. -
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Thought LeadershipeFront Insight Quarterly Performance Benchmarks – Q4 2023
The eFront® Insight performance metrics are calculated using the cashflow information of almost 8,700 unique private market funds and are provided on a net-of-fee basis. -
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Thought LeadershipThe Way Forward: six tech forces driving transformation
We’re on the cusp of seismic change—with tech reshaping our lives and the way we do business. From GenAI to digital assets, these shifts create a future of unknowns but also opportunity. Explore our vision for the next era of innovation. -
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Thought LeadershipeFront Insight Quarterly Performance Benchmarks – Q3 2023
The eFront® Insight performance metrics are calculated using the cashflow information of 8,300 unique private market funds and are provided on a net-of-fee basis. -
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Thought LeadershipESG Transparency in Private Markets
Feb 2, 2024Combining quantitative survey data collected in the 2022 campaign carried out during 2023 and qualitative insights from our stakeholders, this research paper aims to contribute to the ongoing discourse surrounding ESG reporting in private markets. -
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LaunchesLearn about generative AI by eFront. Introducing eFront Copilot.
From automation to machine learning & natural language processing, AI has been a part of BlackRock’s DNA for years. Now, introducing a new generation of private markets technology - eFront Copilot, available within eFront Insight. -
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Thought LeadershipThe Decision is in the Data
Change is everywhere. And the need for a stable foundation that is built for the pace of change has never been more pressing. -
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IdeasBig Little Questions
Right now, the world is full of uncertainty. But even with all the unknowns out there—institutions (of all types) are asking similar questions, as they hunt for growth, scale, yield, and value. -
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IdeasFrom Albatross to Catalyst
By Kunal KharaFor an industry built on liability containment and risk management, the current state of play is a potpourri of challenges and opportunities. -
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IdeasThe instruments of change
By Tarek ChoumanEmpowering scalability & growth through uncertainty. The ecosystem, connectivity, and true partnerships that technology brings are, in fact, what will help determine success during a continued period of market volatility. -
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IdeasESG opportunities & risks in private markets
By Melissa FerrazWe are in the midst of one of the largest, and most important, social movements in our civilization’s history. It’s a movement that involves not only individuals at the local level but the totality of our global community. -
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IdeasRiding The Wave or Getting Caught in The Undertow
A conversation on the opportunities and challenges that asset managers and asset owners face today with Meera Jessa and Ultan Geraghty, Aladdin’s Co-Heads of Client Engagement, AMRS. -
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Thought LeadershipeFront Insight Quarterly Performance Benchmarks – Q1 2023
The eFront® Insight Research performance metrics are calculated using the cashflow information of 7,800 unique private market funds and are provided on a net-of-fee basis. -
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Thought LeadershipInsight private equity benchmarks released for Q1 2023
eFront Insight Research publishes the performance benchmarks for private market funds based on the cash-flow data up to March 31st, 2023. -
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Thought LeadershipeFront Insight Quarterly Performance Benchmarks – Q4 2022
The eFront® Insight Research performance metrics are calculated using the cashflow information of more than 7,700 unique private market funds and are provided on a net-of-fee basis. -
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Thought LeadershipInsight private equity benchmarks released for Q4 2022
eFront Insight Research publishes the performance benchmarks for private market funds based on the cash-flow data up to December 31st, 2022. -
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IdeasSovereign Bond Liquidity Dynamics
By BlackRockBoth the volatility and bid-ask spreads in the gilt market have nearly doubled over the last two months. -
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LaunchesAladdin stambord: the “main table” for the Nordics
Our Nordic footprint— serving the region with on-the-ground collaboration and support for over two decades—continues to provide a common language throughout organizations and across their whole portfolio—through our tech platform, Aladdin. -
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LaunchesUnlock your data and documents at scale
Automate private markets reporting with new eFront technology for asset owners & asset managers. -
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LauncheseFront GP Suite
Everything you need in one place. eFront GP Suite, our private markets software, encompasses industry-tested tools to meet the needs of General Partner firms of All Institutions sizes. -
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LaunchesAsset-level benchmarks now available with eFront Insight
Today, BlackRock announces the availability of deal-level benchmark analysis within eFront Insight. Powered by data sourced directly from GPs -
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LaunchesThe definitive analytical platform for alternative investments
As a rising number of limited partners seek to grow their exposure to alternative investments, securing high-quality data and powerful analytics has become increasingly imperative to attaining top quartile performance. -
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LaunchesNew eFront Invest UI transforms the client experience
In line with our commitment to continuously enhance eFront solutions based on our clients’ feedback, we are excited to announce the new UI/UX release to the eFront Invest solution. -
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LaunchesNew ESG Outreach to help private markets investors
July 22, 2021 – BlackRock has added new capabilities to its eFront Insight platform to help clients reach their sustainable investment goals. Built in partnership with the eFront Insight client community. -
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IdeasThe making of a market-driven scenario
Impacts from market uncertainty, geopolitical events, monetary policy intervention by central banks and other types of macro shocks now carry greater weight in influencing markets compared to the past decade. -
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IdeasAsset allocation: is it enough?
Asset allocation is one of the most important portfolio decisions for investors. However, advisors who rely solely on asset allocation-based analyses may face inherent blind spots that negatively impact their clients. -
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IdeasThe Power of Stress Testing
When advisors address risk head-on with real-world scenarios, stress testing highlights the value of the relationship, encourages conversations that support long-term investing and helps align client goals with their risk tolerances. -
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IdeasMaking it Easier to Transition Portfolios
Model portfolios are a popular way for advisors to reduce the time needed to manage individual portfolios so they can spend more time growing their overall practice while providing clients with the benefits of a professionally managed portfolio. -
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IdeasGetting to all Layers of Risk
Risk exposures may dramatically vary among investments, even if those assets have the same overall volatility. Analyzing the underlying risk factors can increase your understanding of what’s really going on inside a portfolio. -
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IdeasSolving the Client Puzzle with Householding
Financial planning often involves managing multiple accounts. These accounts have specific risk profiles, but individually, they do not represent a client’s full risk picture or even total wealth. How can you gain more visibility? -
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IdeasThe Value of Reevaluation
Advisors use structured products in portfolio construction for reasons as varied as the attributes of these assets. Structured products can be included in a portfolio to enhance yield, get leveraged exposure or implement high conviction views. -
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IdeasFor Best Results, Face Forward while Driving
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. We’re all familiar with this phrase when helping clients understand investment returns. Ironically, this thinking doesn’t always translate into the portfolio construction process. -
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IdeasRecognize and Catch the Drift
Professional investors are disciplined about monitoring and managing their risks daily. They adjust portfolios to manage risk as positions, cash and markets change. -
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IdeasExpertise in and beyond portfolio and risk technology
A strong technology partner has a symbiotic relationship with wealth managers and shared goals for progressing their businesses. There should be an understanding of the specific needs of those businesses, such as knowledge of local regulations. -
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IdeasPublic, private and the whole portfolio view
After years of historically low yields in public markets, private assets have significantly grown in importance for many investors and their portfolios. -
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IdeasDomain-Driven Asset Management
By BlackRockAlan Moore describes the use of DomainDriven Design for Asset Management at BlackRock and how we’re using it to customize, extend, and adapt Aladdin to meet the needs of clients. -
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Ideas2023 Tech Trends for the Asset Management Industry
By BlackRockBlackRock’s tech leaders share the trends affecting investors in the year ahead. -
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IdeasDesign Systems Must Grow and Evolve
By BlackRockAs a client-centered technology, BlackRock’s investment management technology, Aladdin, is constantly evolving. Creating a successful design system for Aladdin is no different — it evolves over time according to user needs and expectations. -
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Thought LeadershipeFront Insight Quarterly Performance Benchmarks – Q3 2022
The eFront® Insight Research performance metrics are calculated using the cashflow information of more than 7,300 unique private market funds and are provided on a net-of-fee basis. -
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Thought LeadershipPrivate Equity Performance Overview – Q1 2022
Our latest Quarterly Report brings together two complementary sets of benchmarks for the global PE market as of Q1 2022: Fund-level transaction-based metrics and deal-level performance statistics derived from individual deal financials. -
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Thought LeadershipPrivate Equity Performance Overview – Q4 2021
Our latest Quarterly Report brings together two complementary sets of benchmarks for the global PE market as of Q4 2021: Fund-level transaction-based metrics and deal-level performance statistics derived from individual deal financials. -
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Thought LeadershipPrivate Equity Performance Overview – Q2 2021
The eFront® Insight Research performance metrics are calculated using the cashflow information of more than 7,300 unique private market funds and are provided on a net-of-fee basis. -
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Thought LeadershipBenefits of International Diversification: Focus on the UK LBO Market
We looked at the eFront Insight universe of the 20-year history of quarterly returns of regional pools of LBO funds to quantify the correlation structure between different regions. -
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Thought LeadershipPrivate Equity Performance Overview – Q1 2021
Our latest Quarterly Report brings together two complementary sets of benchmarks for the global PE market as of Q1 2021: Fund-level transaction-based metrics and deal-level performance statistics derived from individual deal financials. -
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Thought LeadershipGlobal Private Equity Performance Series
The fourth edition of Global Private Equity Performance Series is for the first time using the deal-level benchmarks in geographical performance analysis. -
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Thought LeadershipExit Environment in 2020 and Evolution of Holding Periods
A detailed eFront Insight portfolio look-through dataset allowed us to look back into the 10-year long history of exits to analyze the evolution of holding periods and the disruptions the year of pandemic brought onto the private equity deal market. -
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Thought LeadershipReturns, risks and liquidity of VC Funds in Q3 2020
At the close of Q3, 2020 has shown to be an exceptional year for venture capital performance, with funds globally recording an increase in aggregated multiple of invested capital (TVPI), rising from 1.58x in Q3 2019 to 1.63x in Q3 2020.
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VideoEnhancing Efficiency: Adepa's Digital Transformation
Learn how streamlined operations, centralized data and improved efficiency is helping Adepa stay ahead of asset servicing trends. -
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Case studyCase in Point: Investment Tech for Pensions
As pensions face rising challenges, from geopolitics to industry disruptions and natural disasters, understanding exposures to specific countries, sectors, and issuers across multi-asset portfolios has never been more important. -
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AudiocastAsset Management in the Era of Continuous Change
Ted Truscott, Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, and Sudhir Nair, Global Head of Aladdin, discuss the evolution of asset management, client expectations and how technology is impacting investment management processes. -
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AudiocastAdvancing ESG with tech
Priya Gopalan, Head of ESG, Northstar Group, and Hui Min Loh, Aladdin Alternatives Business Development, discuss the recent ESG trends in APAC as well as Northstar’s ESG journey and how they have evolved their ESG practices with technology. -
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AudiocastIntesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
Paola Papanicolaou, Executive Director, Group Head of Transformation Area, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. discusses what innovation means to Intesa Sanpaolo, how they leverage technology to face change and how DEI is part of their core business. -
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AudiocastMorgan Stanley: The invisibility of the engine
Chris Scott-Hansen, Managing Director, Associate Director of Consulting Group, Head of Trading & Managed Solutions, Morgan Stanley, and Woo Fung Kwong, Managing Director, Chief Strategic Advisor to Aladdin discuss risk management in the wealth space. -
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AudiocastSLC Management: Transforming through data
Candace Shaw, Senior Managing Director, Deputy Chief Investment Officer & Chief Operating Officer, SLC Management, shares her thoughts about data management practices, the complexity of legacy systems, and where she sees future growth opportunities. -
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VideoBNP Paribas’s Securities Services business
BNP Paribas’s Securities Services Global Head of Private Capital, Laurent Durdilly, shares how technology is helping them service their clients across the globe in a homogenous way. -
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Acumen’s Chief Financial Officer, Jacqueline Woo, shares how technology is helping them on their journey to bring together the power of markets and the power of philanthropy. -
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VideoTechnology transforming the asset servicer/asset manager relationship
Naveen TV, Global Head, Data strategy and Integrations at J.P. Morgan Securities Services sits down with Tarek Chouman, Global Head, Aladdin Client Business to discuss the evolution of the relationship between asset servicers and their clients. -
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AudiocastLive from Paris: A Conversation with Ardian
Ardian’s Business Relationship Manager, Clément Perrin sits down with Marija Djordjevic, Head of eFront Research, to share more about their digital transformation journey and discuss how Ardian leverages technology to uncover investment opportunities -
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Case StudyDriving meaningful business transformation for insurers
As insurers face operational challenges due to technology stacks built across multiple systems, and inconsistent data on thousands of spreadsheets, Aladdin technology helps clients transform. -
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Case StudyTechnology - as the instrument of change
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Case StudyA decades-long, deep collaboration
EXEO Capital, the first general partner in Africa to deploy the eFront® platform has been leveraging the technology for over ten years to systemize, standardize, and centralize data as well as manage their entire deal flow on a single platform. -
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VideoCreador
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AudiocastBNP Paribas Asset Management
Fatia-Fatma Balit, Chief Technology Officer of BNPPAM, discusses how BNPPAM is leveraging technology to continuously transform their business and innovate for the pace of change. -
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AudiocastAustralianSuper’s digital transformation
AustralianSuper’s Chief Operating Officer, Peter Curtis, sits down for a lunchtime chat with Sudhir Nair, Global Head of the Aladdin Business, and shares his thoughts about the role technology has played in their recent transformation. -
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WrittenMicrosoft Treasury: a twenty-year partnership forged on innovation
In 2002, Microsoft Treasury embarked on a digital journey to transform its business and bring efficiency to new levels. Integrating All Institutions investment tools onto one platform, centralizing data, and automating processes. -
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WrittenNew Mexico’s SIO embraces a whole portfolio view
With Aladdin Risk and eFront, the SIO has comprehensive and granular investment data across public and private markets on one integrated platform for the first time. -
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VideoBlackRock Alternative Investors
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VideoSumitomo Mitsui Trust
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Humans in the loop; Robots on the team - Part 2
Adrian Crockett, General Manager, Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services, and Syril Smith Garson, Head of Product for AI, discuss the capabilities needed to support copilots—and explore the future of data integration and multimodal AI. -
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Humans in the loop; Robots on the team
Adrian Crockett, General Manager, Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services, and Syril Smith Garson, Head of Product for AI, discuss the future of user interfaces and experiences, the concept of copilots, and the importance of building trust in AI. -
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Asset Management in the Era of Continuous Change
Ted Truscott, Chief Executive Officer, Columbia Threadneedle Investments, and Sudhir Nair, Global Head of Aladdin, discuss the evolution of asset management, client expectations and how technology is impacting investment management processes. -
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The Way Forward - Part 2
Our Aladdin Client, Engineering, and Product leaders explore the implications of emerging technologies via the foundational role of data in AI development, the evolution of cloud computing, and the potential of blockchain beyond cryptocurrency. -
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Advancing ESG with tech
Priya Gopalan, Head of ESG, Northstar Group, and Hui Min Loh, Aladdin Alternatives Business Development, discuss the recent ESG trends in APAC as well as Northstar’s ESG journey and how they have evolved their ESG practices with technology. -
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The Way Forward
Our Aladdin Client, Engineering, and Product leaders discuss how modern tech forces are reshaping the future for asset managers and owners—and the importance of maintaining a stable and performant platform while innovating. -
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Capturing “change alpha”
Martin Huber, Senior Partner Emeritus, McKinsey & Company, and Pia Schaefer, Global Head of Value Engineering for the Aladdin Client Business, discuss the concept of “change alpha”. -
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Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
Paola Papanicolaou, Executive Director, Group Head of Transformation Area, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. discusses what innovation means to Intesa Sanpaolo, how they leverage technology to face change and how DEI is part of their core business. -
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Morgan Stanley: The invisibility of the engine
Chris Scott-Hansen, Managing Director, Associate Director of Consulting Group, Head of Trading & Managed Solutions, Morgan Stanley, and Woo Fung Kwong, Managing Director, Chief Strategic Advisor to Aladdin discuss risk management in the wealth space. -
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SLC Management: Transforming through data
Candace Shaw, Senior Managing Director, Deputy Chief Investment Officer & Chief Operating Officer, SLC Management, shares her thoughts about data management practices, the complexity of legacy systems, and where she sees future growth opportunities. -
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Syril Smith, Head of Product for Alpha, Research and AI platforms and Adam Salvatori, Head of AI, Alpha, and Digital Assets Engineering, share more about the combination of humans and machines and the accessibility of new technologies. -
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Bringing to Life The Global Insurance Report
Mark Erickson, Global Head of BlackRock’s Financial Institutions Group, and Kunal Khara, Global Head of Aladdin Product, sat down to discuss this year's edition of the Global Insurance Report. -
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Live from Paris: A Conversation with Ardian
Ardian’s Business Relationship Manager, Clément Perrin sits down with Marija Djordjevic, Head of eFront Research, to share more about their digital transformation journey and discuss how Ardian leverages technology to uncover investment opportunities -
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Principles of design: platform & product
Sue Zheng, Tech Fellow and Afwa Kandawire, Global Head of Aladdin Platforms share more about the platform developments (cloud, scale, API), product engineering and the fundamental pillars of engineering at BlackRock. -
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Technology for the pace of change
A conversation between Jason Wild, Vice President, CEO Co-Innovation and Customer Engagement of Microsoft, and Lance Braunstein, Managing Director, Aladdin, on how BlackRock and Microsoft are continuously redefining fintech through. -
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BNP Paribas Asset Management
Fatia-Fatma Balit, Chief Technology Officer of BNPPAM, discusses how BNPPAM is leveraging technology to continuously transform their business and innovate for the pace of change. -
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AustralianSuper’s digital transformation
AustralianSuper’s Chief Operating Officer, Peter Curtis, sits down for a lunchtime chat with Sudhir Nair, Global Head of the Aladdin Business, and shares his thoughts about the role technology has played in their recent transformation.
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Press ReleaseLiontrust Implements Integrated Solution with Aladdin® & BNY
(November 20, 2024) Liontrust implements BlackRock’s Aladdin® technology, in collaboration with BNY, to deliver scalable portfolio and risk management capabilities that benefit their investment teams and clients. -
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BlackRock Introduces eFront Provider
(Oct 8, 2024) eFront Provider is a collaborative platform for private markets, enabling asset servicers to offer asset managers a modern fund servicing experience—with real-time views into their private markets investor, fund, and investment data. -
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Press ReleaseFranklin Templeton Selects Aladdin
(July 23, 2024) Aladdin® by BlackRock was selected by Franklin Templeton to unify its investment management tech across public market asset classes to reduce complexity and support business growth. -
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Press ReleaseAIA Announces Collaboration with BlackRock and BNY
(July 12, 2024) AIA announces a new agreement with BlackRock and BNY, as AIA transforms its investment platform, to support the company’s long-term investment programme. -
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Press ReleaseBlackRock to Acquire Preqin, Leading Private Markets Data Provider
Jun 30, 2024BlackRock, Inc. has agreed to acquire Preqin, a leading independent provider of private markets data, bringing together Preqin’s data and research tools with Aladdin’s complementary workflow capabilities in a unified platform. -
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Press ReleaseRoyal London AM Adopts Aladdin® using HSBC’s Middle Office services
Royal London Asset Management, adopts BlackRock’s Aladdin technology platform, which HSBC will leverage to manage the fund manager’s middle office. -
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CoverageAre Asset Managers Ready for the New Data Demands of Private Markets?
Amid growing enthusiasm for private investments, asset managers' success hinges on their ability to gather and master vast amounts of data. Adopting the right investment platform that unifies public and private investments is key. -
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AwardsBuy-Side Technology Awards 2023 Winner’s Interview
Kunal Khara chats with Victor Anderson about the versatility of Aladdin and how it offers a comprehensive and consistent platform that enables users to have a single source of data for their portfolios across multiple asset classes. -
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CoverageThe decision is in the data. How accounting is evolving in an AI world
Feb 5, 2024A data-driven approach empowers institutional investors to become storytellers to trusted partners and stakeholders. Especially for insurers, data acts as the raw material for competitive innovation, risk management, and decision-making power. -
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CoverageBlackRock rolls out its first gen AI copilot to select eFront clients
Dec 14, 2023(Pensions & Investments)BlackRock has launched a private preview of its first generative AI powered "co-pilot" for 10 clients of eFront, a wholly owned software platform under BlackRock's Aladdin umbrella. -
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CoverageBlackRock to roll out first generative AI tools to clients
“GenAI will change how people interact with technology…[and] likely change our clients’ expectations around the frequency, timeliness, and simplicity of our interactions.” Read the coverage in the Financial Times. -
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CoverageHow Technology Can Offer Relief to Insurers’ Investment Teams
(Institutional Investor) Shifting macro factors are creating challenges for insurers’ portfolio management. The right tech platform is crucial to tackling these hurdles. -
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Press ReleaseAdepa chooses BlackRock’s eFront® to enhance its Private Assets Offer
Adepa Global Services has chosen eFront® to help strengthen its position as a strategic provider for alternatives investors; eFront® allows Adepa to provide services to its clients in private equity, private debt, infrastructure, and real estate. -
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Coverage“Experiences must be seamless”: Three trends shaping Wealth Tech
The rapid evolution of financial technology is causing a shift towards advisory models to support personalized wealth management. Private banks must scale up and customize their offerings to meet demands of the next generation of investors. -
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CoverageAladdin: Touching all aspects of an evolving investment ecosystem
(Source: Reinsurance News) Portfolios are constantly evolving—and Aladdin’s technology is too. Learn how the platform is helping insurers unify their investment process and navigate a changing landscape. -
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A Unified Investment Platform Brings Scalability and Growth
(Institutional Investor) Asset managers face an inflection point in 2023, as shifts in markets, technology, and client expectations put firms through a stress test. But the right investment management platform can help them adapt and grow. -
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CoverageTreading the data management balancing act
(PEI Magazine, Future of Private Equity Special Report) Managers are revamping their data management processes to cope with intensifying LP demands for better, faster reporting. Can technology & third-party providers help to relieve the burden? -
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InterviewReadying for Risk
Learn how technology can help asset owners understand their exposures and respond accordingly from Melissa Ferraz, Managing Director and Global Head of Aladdin Alternatives at BlackRock, from her recent Keynote Interview with PEI. -
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CoverageHere’s How WealthTech Increases, Not Diminishes, Hands-On Service
Apr 6, 2023(Source: Forbes) Opinion piece that highlights how the right wealth tech solutions can help advisors deliver the greatest value for their clients. -
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CoverageDigital insurer Singlife picks BlackRock
Mar 8, 2023(Source: PIO) Singapore Life, Singapore, appointed an alliance formed between BlackRock Aladdin and Citi to provide asset management capabilities across its front, middle and back offices. -
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Press ReleaseSTANLIB selects BlackRock's Aladdin enterprise platform
Mar 7, 2023(Source: Aladdin) In a first for South Africa, STANLIB has onboarded Aladdin’s enterprise capabilities, BlackRock’s market leading investment technology to drive transformational growth by optimising the client experience and reducing complexity. -
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CoverageBlackRock's mighty tech unit is a silver lining in an awful market
Jan 20, 2023(Source: Business insider) In a tumultuous year for BlackRock, its powerful and widely used risk-analytics and portfolio-management technology Aladdin had a notably strong year, having won record new mandates. -
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AwardsBuy-Side Technology Awards 2022 Winner’s Interview
Jan 18, 2023Sudhir Nair chats with Victor Anderson about Aladdin’s win in the “Best IBOR” category. They discuss Aladdin as a world-class IBOR since day one, the importance of seamlessly integrated workflows, and the need for a whole portfolio solution. -
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CoverageHow Asset Owners & Managers Use Technology to Gain Portfolio Insights
Jan 3, 2023(Source: CIO Magazine) In conversation with CIO, Sudhir Nair, Global Head the Aladdin Business, spoke about Aladdin's novel analytics and the possibility of augmenting the platform with alternative data and ESG data. -
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CoverageAsset managers pour money into tech platforms to take on BlackRock
Dec 5, 2022(Source: Financial times)Financial Times is reporting on money managers that are pouring money into investment platforms, trying to replicate BlackRock’s technology business, which has succeeded in bringing new streams of revenue in volatile markets. -
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CoverageHSBC unveils Prism Advisory for Asia private banking clients
Nov 14, 2022(Source: CityWire) HSBC today announced the launch of its hybrid advisory service, HSBC Prism Advisory, in Asia, which uses BlackRock’s Aladdin Wealth technology combined with HSBC personal advisers. -
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AwardsBuy-Side Technology Awards 2022: Aladdin Wins Best IBOR
Nov 4, 2022(Source: WatersTechnology) Aladdin has been awarded ‘Best IBOR’ as part of the WatersTechnology Buy-Side Technology Awards 2022. -
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CoverageCoinbase Stock Jumps After Announcing Partnership With BlackRock
Aug 4, 2022(Source: The Wall Street Journal) BlackRock, the world's largest money manager, announced a partnership with Coinbase Global. -
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CoverageInsurance asset risk technology provider of 2022: Aladdin by BlackRock
Aug 1, 2022(Source: Insurance Asset Risk) Aladdin, BlackRock's ubiquitous risk technology, has served insurance clients for over two decades. -
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Press ReleaseBlackRock Expands Partnership with Private Market Investors
May 12, 2022BlackRock announced that a consortium of LP and Funds of Funds have partnered in an effort to streamline and standardize ESG reporting for private markets leveraging ESG Outreach to accelerate the collection, analysis and reporting of ESG data. -
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CoverageSolutions Market Perspective Series: An Interview with Sudhir Nair
Apr 5, 2022(Source: Citisoft) An interview with Sudhir Nair, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of the Aladdin Business, exploring BlackRock's evolving solutions strategy, operating model consolidation driven by M&A, the eFront acquisition, and more. -
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CoverageBlackRock Uses Azure to Strengthen Aladdin
Apr 1, 2022(Source: Microsoft) To facilitate the next chapter of growth and innovation for BlackRock and its Aladdin technology clients, BlackRock is moving its Aladdin investment platform to Microsoft Azure. -
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AwardsCentral Banking Awards: Aladdin Wins Best Risk Management Technology
Mar 31, 2022(Source: Central Banking) BlackRock's Aladdin has been awarded 'Best Risk Management Technology' as part of the 2022 Central Banking Awards. -
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AwardsBST Awards 2021: Aladdin Wins Best Buy-Side Risk Management Initiative
Nov 5, 2021(Source: Waterstechnology) The Aladdin whole portfolio view solution has been awarded 'Best integrated front-office platform' as part of the WatersTechnology Buy-Side Technology Awards 2021. -
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AwardsBST Awards 2021: Aladdin Wins Best Integrated Front-Office Platform
Nov 4, 2021(Source: Waterstechnology) Aladdin Climate has been awarded 'Best buy-side risk management initiative over the last 12 months', as part of the WatersTechnology Buy-Side Technology Awards 2021. -
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CoverageBlackrock & Cassini Partner to Enrich Aladdin’s Derivatives Abilities
Jun 15, 2021(Source: Cassini Systems) BlackRock enters a strategic partnership with Cassini Systems to integrate Cassini’s margin analytics capabilities into the Aladdin platform. -
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Press ReleaseBlackRock & FlexTrade Partner to Bolster Aladdin's Trading Abilities
May 18, 2021(Source: BlackRock) Integration enables clients to leverage the Aladdin platform’s broad-based OEMS capabilities alongside FlexTrade’s leadership and expertise in EMS -
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CoverageSnowflake, BlackRock forge partnership to launch Aladdin Data Cloud
Feb 22, 2021(Source: ZDNet) BlackRock partners with Snowflake to launch Aladdin Data Cloud - an investment platform powered by Snowflake. This partnership will bring Aladdin and non-Aladdin data together and enable developers to utilize it via Aladdin Studio. -
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CoverageBlackRock looks to predictive ESG data, rather than point-in-time
Jan 26, 2021(Source: Waters Technology) Adding ESG principles into the investment process, BlackRock looks to build out new modeling tools for Aladdin users to better understand how their company’s decisions today can affect their performance in the future. -
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CoverageWhat Will Climate Change Do to Your Portfolio? Aladdin Has the Answer
Dec 1, 2020(Source: Institutional Investor) BlackRock launches Aladdin Climate to help investors measure both the physical risk of climate change and the transition risk to a low-carbon economy on portfolios with climate-adjusted securities and risk metrics. -
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CoverageBlackRock’s Q3 Profit Climbed on Steady Inflows, Higher Fee Revenue
Oct 12, 2020(Source: The Wall Street Journal) BlackRock's third-quarter results show an increase of 18% in revenues despite All Institutions parts of the economy and markets being upended by the coronavirus pandemic. -
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CoverageCiti to Expand Fund Services on BlackRock’s Aladdin Platform
Jul 13, 2020(Source: Citigroup) Citigroup Inc. reached an agreement to provide middle-office services for investment managers using BlackRock Inc.’s Aladdin Provider platform. -
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CoverageAdvisors Step Up Portfolio Risk Analysis to Calm Clients
Jul 20, 2020(Source: Advisor Hub) Brokers are stepping up their use of risk-management tools for clients nervous about the coronavirus economy, according to software manufacturers, furthering their efforts to get a closer look. -
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CoverageNorthern Trust Announces Alliance with BlackRock’s Aladdin
May 20, 2020(Source: Business Wire) Northern Trust has entered into a strategic alliance with BlackRock to deliver enhanced operations, data, and servicing capabilities to mutual clients. -
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CoverageThe Relentless Ambition of BlackRock’s Aladdin
May 20, 2020(Source: Institutional Investor) BlackRock is rolling out new updates to its flagship Aladdin platform as the asset management giant tries to take over even more of the portfolio management software market. -
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CoverageBlackRock execs lay out the $1.3 billion eFront deal
May 20, 2020(Source: Business Insider) After completing its $1.3 billion acquisition of eFront in May 2019, BlackRock is integrating the alternative investment management software into the firm's crown jewel, Aladdin. -
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CoverageBlackRock to make Aladdin 'language of portfolios'
May 20, 2020(Source: Ignite Europe) BlackRock wants its technology platform Aladdin to become the “language of portfolios” as it continues to see technology as a “key differentiator”. -
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CoverageSantander AM becomes latest customer for BlackRock's Aladdin
May 19, 2020(Source: Funds Europe) Santander Asset Management has adopted Aladdin, BlackRock’s operations system for investment managers, as part of its digital transformation. -
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CoverageBlackRock plans for Aladdin to be the custodian's investment language
May 18, 2020(Source: Global Custodian) BlackRock's flagship investment operations platform - Aladdin - is quickly becoming the core infrastructure for custodian’s front-to-back servicing models. -
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CoverageBrinker Capital to Implement BlackRock’s Aladdin Wealth Platform
May 12, 2020(Source: Brinker Capital) Brinker Capital, a leading investment management company focused on multi-asset class investing, it will begin using BlackRock’s state of the art risk management platform, Aladdin Wealth. -
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Press ReleaseBlackRock partners with Rhodium on physical climate analytics
May 7, 2020(Source: BlackRock) BlackRock partners with Rhodium Group to develop solutions to help clients better understand the impacts of climate risk. -
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CoverageBlackRock Onboards 8 Aladdin Clients Remotely
May 4, 2020(Source: The Trade News) The asset management giant has turned to collaboration tools to help with client implementations during the pandemic lockdown. -
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CoverageBlackRock: ESG Research to Be 'at the Heart' of Aladdin
May 4, 2020(Source: Ignites) BlackRock is placing ESG research on par with analysis of fundamental and quantitative investment factors, in part by integrating it into its Aladdin portfolio management technology. -
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CoverageBNP Paribas Securities Services teams up with BlackRock
Apr 21, 2020(Source: BNP Paribas) Agreement between custodian and asset manager will include BNP Paribas using Aladdin to perform middle-office outsourced services. -
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CoverageBlackRock and Microsoft Partner to Host Aladdin on Azure
Apr 7, 2020(Source: Microsoft) BlackRock and Microsoft Corp. have formed a strategic partnership to host BlackRock’s Aladdin infrastructure on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform, bringing enhanced capabilities to BlackRock and its Aladdin clients. -
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CoverageLarry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, says Aladdin is just a tech startup
Jan 15, 2020(Source: Business Insider) In Larry Fink's eyes, Aladdin isn't so different from a startup. -
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Press ReleaseBlackRock Completes Acquisition of eFront
May 10, 2019(Source: BlackRock) The combination of eFront with Aladdin will set a new standard in investment and risk management technology. to perform middle-office outsourced services. -
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CoverageAladdin Wealth helping BlackRock to 'be part of the infrastructure
Apr 17, 2019(Source: Business Insider) Individual investors are so impressed by BlackRock's risk evaluation technology that they're moving their money to the financial advisors who use it. -
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CoverageTwo Wall Street Giants Are Going to Be Linking Their Customers’ Data
Apr 3, 2019(Source: Wall Street Journal) Rivals Bank of New York Mellon Corp. and BlackRock Inc. are going to be integrating customer data with each other in a new alliance both companies hope will jump-start growth. -
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CoverageHSBC signs deal to use BlackRock's 'Aladdin' software worldwide
Mar 21, 2019(Source: Reuters UK) HSBC has signed a deal to offer BlackRock’s Aladdin investment management software to the bank’s wealthy customers, in a boost to the U.S. asset manager’s plans to squeeze money from technology by selling it to rivals.
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WebinarsHarnessing Risk in Volatile Markets Through Tech
In the third installment of our webinar series with FT FundFire, experts discuss a dynamic approach to portfolio management and the role of tech in navigating an evolving risk landscape. -
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WebinarsA Data-Driven Approach to Managing Market Uncertainty
Hear from experts on the transformative power of data, the challenges asset managers & asset owners face in volatile markets, and how a comprehensive portfolio view can provide organizations with a solid foundation for enhanced investment management. -
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WebinarsAccelerating Innovation to Transform Investment Management
In partnership with the Financial Times, this webinar explores the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on investment management and the ways institutional investors are adapting. -
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webinarAn Introduction to Aladdin Climate
This webinar provides an overview of the technology, new capabilities, and coverage of climate analytics. We outline how our platform can assist in navigating climate risks and opportunities. -
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BrochureAladdin Climate brochure
Aladdin® Climate is a standalone solution that enables clients to evaluate climate-related risks and opportunities within their investment portfolio, across a broad range of public asset classes. -
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BrochureUncover more with Aladdin® Risk
As the evolution of investment management accelerates, tech must keep pace not only to maintain efficient operational controls, but also the ability to expand into & support new asset classes, the focus on alpha generation, and your competitive edge. -
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BrochureLead Through Uncertainty with Aladdin®
In an environment of global market changes, evolving regulatory requirements, and uncertainty, banks–including central, investment, retail, commercial, and community banks–have an opportunity to lead. Aladdin tech can help you achieve that and more. -
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BrochureAladdin® for Pensions
The Aladdin® platform delivers integrated, service-oriented solutions to meet a myriad of oversight and investment management needs for pension plans. Learn how Aladdin® technology can help unlock opportunities. -
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BrochureAladdin® for Asset Managers
Discover how Aladdin® technology can help you differentiate, scale, and grow. Your talent. Your secret sauce. Our platform. -
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White PaperAladdin Studio White paper
Learn about real-world applications for Studio in our white paper that covers our own principles for harnessing the power of citizen developers. -
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BrochureUnlock New Opportunities with Aladdin
Against a backdrop of elevated market pressures and evolving risk factors, insurance asset management has become more complex—while becoming more critical to success—than ever before. Your job has gotten bigger. You need a platform that can deliver. -
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BrochureeFront® for Insurers
Learn more how Blackrock’s eFront® technology, integrated with the Aladdin platform, helps provide a consolidated view of risk across public and private assets, portfolio optimization and integrated tools for alternatives management. -
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Use CaseManage your business at scale with Aladdin Wealth™
The speed and depth at which you understand what’s happening in your firm is critical. Interact with Aladdin Wealth™ analytics that span your businesses, locations and functions – all in one place. -
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Use CaseEngage clients holistically with Aladdin Wealth™
Understand the bigger picture with Aladdin Wealth™ analytics and help align portfolio goals with clients’ intended outcomes. -
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Use CasePersonalize solutions with Aladdin Wealth™
Client preferences span many dimensions, ranging from tax to sustainability to other values. Aladdin Wealth™ equips you to deliver personalized portfolios seamlessly and at scale for clients across programs and service models. -
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Aladdin® is a technology platform used by asset managers and owners including banks, financial institutions, pensions, corporations, insurers, and wealth managers. The Aladdin platform unifies the investment management process, providing a common data language within an organization to enable scale, provide insights, and support business transformation. Through eFront® technology, alternative investment data management is covered to meet the needs of alternative investment professionals worldwide and across all major alternative asset classes. From fundraising, fund administration and reporting to data services and analytics, the platform provides capabilities to support decision making and investment oversight.
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