British Airways hands over the running of its mammoth £21bn pension fund serving 85,000 members to US investment giant BlackRock Transfer of management involves the Airways Pension Scheme It also encompasses the New Airways Pension Scheme which shut in 2018 By Jane Denton For Thisismoney Published: 12:20 BST, 2 June 2021 | Updated: 12:26 BST, … Read more
BLACKROCK WORLD MINING TRUST: Mining fund rocks with its 122% return By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 3 April 2021 Investment trust BlackRock World Mining is a commodities fund with a twist that currently appeals to many income investors. The £1billion stock market listed … Read more
George Osborne lands another new job: Former chancellor leaves roles at Evening Standard and US firm BlackRock to become investment banker at Robey Warshaw George Osborne served as David Cameron’s chancellor between 2010 and 2016 In 2017, the father-of-two stepped down as Conservative MP for Tatton, Cheshire Since leaving Cabinet he has held high power … Read more
Rapid shift away from fossil fuels would risk ‘extraordinary’ UK job losses, boss of asset manager Blackrock warns By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 29 January 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 29 January 2021 A rapid shift away from fossil fuels would risk ‘extraordinary’ UK job losses, the boss of the … Read more
Covid could finally convince the world to take climate change seriously, says boss of world’s biggest fund manager By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:57 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 22:57 GMT, 26 January 2021 The boss of the world’s biggest fund manager has said Covid-19 could finally convince people to take … Read more
BlackRock introduces ‘toughest office romance policy in all of Corporate America’ by forcing their workers to disclose ‘personal relationships’ with service providers, vendors or other third party clients in addition to other employees New York-based BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager with $7.4 trillion Last week the company introduced a new policy on office … Read more
BLACKROCK WORLD MINING: Invests in listed global firms to grow investors’ capital, and provide an income By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2020 What is it? Launched in 1993 and managed by Evy Hambro and Olivia Markham, Blackrock World Mining is an … Read more
Blackrock joins war on climate change: World’s largest asset manager to introduce green investment strategy By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:39 BST, 14 January 2020 | Updated: 22:39 BST, 14 January 2020 The world’s largest asset manager has sought to position itself as a climate change champion after announcing a raft of … Read more
Blackrock profits surge 40% to £1bn: Investment titan manages £5.7trillion for savers and pension funds By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:09 BST, 15 January 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 15 January 2020 Profits at Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, shot up 40 per cent to £1billion in a year which saw … Read more
BlackRock fires fund manager for a conflict-of-interest after he lent $75MILLION of investor money to an indie movie studio that cast his DAUGHTER in one of their films BlackRock Multi-Sector Income Trust manager Randy Robertson ‘loaned $75million of the fund’s money to indie film studio Aviron Pictures’ in 2017 Aviron later cast Robertson’s actress daughter, … Read more