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MEET THE EXPERTS
Born from a healthy curiosity
Combining the advantages of our “always-on” active investing platform to find alpha with our culture of collaborative intelligence gives our team the conviction needed to follow through on meaningful investment ideas. Watch some of our active investing leaders discuss their roles at BlackRock.
Rick Rieder
Chief Investment Officer of Global Fixed Income
Carrie King
Global Deputy CIO of Fundamental Equities
Jeff Shen
Co-Chief Investment Officer and Co-Head of Systematic Active Equity
Michael Gates
Head of Model Portfolio Solutions in the Americas, Lead Portfolio Manager for BLK Target Allocation Portfolios
EXPERTISE
We actively seek to extract the news from the noise
The portfolio managers, quantitative researchers, risk analysts, traders, data scientists, and developers who make up our global active investing teams are well versed in making informed and accurate investing decisions.
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Over 2,700 active investment professionals across all asset classes
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680+ global research analysts sharing insights with the firm
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Over 700+ investors attend a daily global meeting each week on average to debate investment views
“Active management is about studying history, studying the current data, but then adding judgment to that. Because data and history don't see around corners. Human judgment does. That is how we can add value as active investors.”
“As data and technology evolves, systematic returns can more easily be accessed in cost efficient manners through indexing. This is transforming the alpha space which ultimately will benefit all investors.”
DATA & TECHNOLOGY
We innovate and evolve through advanced data analytics and technology
Building upon existing deep market knowledge and diverse backgrounds, our active investors are able to utilize an expansive investment toolkit to build resilient and robust portfolios across everything we do and every strategy we manage for every client.
We pride ourselves on our use of technology and ability to turn data into research insights – designing distinctive ways to drive alpha.
Our Technology and Data Analytics teams are really at the center of everything we do and are embedded into the day-to-day lives of our investors across all styles of active management, facilitating their abilities to turn data into investment signals.
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1000+ clients using our technology
These raw inputs are useful for making decisions include prices, ratings, shipping info, transcripts, geolocation, texts.
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2,100+ developers and product managers dedicated to Aladdin
Data gets transformed into information, such as risk analytics, liquidity scores, default probabilities, factor exposures.
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3,000+ risk factors monitored by Aladdin
Research and analytics helps investors identify the best investing opportunities and support portfolio construction.
