Eight people, who shared a determination to put clients’ needs and interests first, start a company, which we ultimately named BlackRock in 1992.
We begin to sell our proprietary technology, Aladdin®, to bring transparency, scale and innovation to risk management.
We make our IPO on the New York Stock Exchange on October 1st, for $14 a share. By the end of the year, we had $165B in assets under management.
We launch BlackRock Solutions, with Aladdin® as the basis for the business and paved the way for our future as a technology provider.
We acquire Merrill Lynch Investment Management (MLIM), expanding our retail and international presence.
We play a key advisory role to institutions across the globe seeking to navigate the financial crisis.
We acquire Barclay’s Global Investors (BGI), becoming the world’s largest asset manager, with employees in 24 countries.
We launch iShares Core to provide investors with a low-cost, tax-efficient foundation for their portfolios.
We leverage our diverse platform and portfolio construction technology to support a changing wealth management landscape.
We further increase our commitment to Investment Stewardship, emphasising the importance of purpose to long-term profitability.
We open our first AI Lab in Palo Alto to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science and natural language processing in the investment process.
We launch the BlackRock Retirement Solutions Group to explore innovative solutions to the most pressing retirement challenges.
BlackRock acquires eFront, which further strengthens our Aladdin investment operating platform which is used by more than 225 institutions around the world.
BlackRock acquires Aperio. This combination expands the breadth of our personalisation capabilities via tax managed strategies.
