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25 Oct 2021, 6:14 am
According to the Financial Times, “[p]ension funds and retail investors have complained for years over their lack of ability to vote at annual meetings when using an asset manager. [read post]
6 Nov 2021, 10:16 pm
Eligible BlackRock investors will have the following voting options: Voting proxies according to their own internal policies using their own voting infrastructure; Choosing from a menu of third-party proxy voting policies and votes will be cast according to the selected policy using BlackRock’s voting infrastructure; Voting directly on selected resolutions or companies of their choice using BlackRock’s voting infrastructure (only… [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 3:30 am by Liz Dunshee
– Continue to have BlackRock Investment Stewardship cast proxy votes using BlackRock’s voting policies and using its voting infrastructure. [read post]
28 Mar 2024, 3:19 am by Liz Dunshee
BlackRock will be offering more active equity funds (i.e., it’s not just “passive” index funds anymore): “BlackRock has been critical in expanding the market for ETFs by making them accessible to more investors and delivering new asset classes (like bonds) and investment strategies (like active). [read post]
19 Jan 2022, 3:34 am by Liz Dunshee
We now offer this option to certain institutional clients, including pension funds that support 60 million people. [read post]
28 Apr 2020, 3:03 am by Lynn Jokela
  This was followed by a letter from senators on the other side of the aisle requesting the underlying investment guidelines provided to BlackRock for use in managing the Fed’s programs and warning about use of federal funds “to help sustain industries that may drive a future climate crisis. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 4:59 am by Liz Dunshee
” NYC Pension Funds to Divest $4 Billion From Fossil Fuels BlackRock isn’t the only investor focused on climate change. [read post]
20 Sep 2021, 12:35 pm by zamansky
Not only will investors sustain losses in various Asian High Yield funds, but the overall market is also likely to suffer significant declines. [read post]
17 Aug 2021, 5:00 pm by Rob Robinson
News of the acquisition follows Morae’s announcement of new funding from BlackRock. [read post]
19 Oct 2021, 6:26 am
Beginning in 2022, BlackRock is taking the first in a series of steps to expand the opportunity for clients to participate in proxy voting decisions where legally and operationally viable. [read post]
30 Nov 2011, 6:44 am by Francis M. Boyer, Esq.
Bob Doll, the chief equity strategist at BlackRock and manager of funds including BlackRock US Dynamic, says that relative to other developed markets, the US is faring well. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 7:18 am by Theo Francis
Last summer, Karpus said it planned to nominate to another fund’s board the same two directors it has put forward at BlackRock’s fund, and the fund offered to buy back outstanding preferreds, a Dow Jones Newswires piece reported. [read post]
8 Jul 2009, 2:39 pm
  Moreover, as Treasury previously announced, small-, veteran-, minority-, and women-owned businesses will continue to have the opportunity to partner with selected fund managers following pre-qualification. [read post]
8 Apr 2010, 2:03 am by Hedge Fund Lawyer
Funds raised by the event will be used to distribute grants to existing organizations that address child abuse treatment and prevention in the Bay Area. [read post]
29 Jun 2023, 6:31 am
The world’s largest asset manager, Blackrock, Inc., noted in a comment letter to the US Department of Labor regarding pension fund regulation that, as ESG data has become more accessible, the firm has developed a better understanding of financially relevant ESG information, and ESG funds that incorporate financially relevant ESG data have become more common. [read post]
29 Jun 2023, 6:31 am
The world’s largest asset manager, Blackrock, Inc., noted in a comment letter to the US Department of Labor regarding pension fund regulation that, as ESG data has become more accessible, the firm has developed a better understanding of financially relevant ESG information, and ESG funds that incorporate financially relevant ESG data have become more common. [read post]
27 Jun 2019, 3:00 am by John Jenkins
  Here’s an excerpt from an FT article on the study: BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street Global Advisors are on course to control four votes out of every 10 cast at large US companies, as regulators and policymakers probe the wider consequences of their increasing dominance of the investment market. [read post]