BlackRock Shifts Away from DEI Policies After Trump’s Executive Order

Asset Manager BlackRock is moving away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies as President Donald Trump's administration fights such initiatives. The leader of Black Rock I explained it On the shift and across the company, Fox Business reported Friday. “To deliver to our clients, we need to attract the best people from all over […]
BlackRock adds BTC ETF to $150B model portfolio product – Cointelegraph

BlackRock, a global investment company with $11.5 trillion in operating assets, has added a Bitcoin Exchange Sales Fund (ETF) to its model portfolio products. According to To a report from Bloomberg on February 28th. A portfolio that enables alternative assets can place an allocation of 1% to 2% in the company's iShares Bitcoin ETF Trust […]
BlackRock, Bank of America drop DEI policies amid White House’s war on ‘woke’

BlackRock and Bank of America have dropped their diversity, equity and inclusive policies. After the White House declared a woken war in Corporate America, it became the latest Wall Street giant to abolish the controversial initiative. Regulatory submissions reviewed by the Post show that BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, Larry Fink, is under $11.4 […]
Bitcoin ETF: Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund Discloses $437 Million BlackRock Holdings | Bitcoinist.com – Bitcoinist

Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund currently holds a significant amount of money in BlackRock's Spot Bitcoin ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund), according to a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The purchase took place in the final quarter of 2024 after asset management company BlackRock secured a commercial license to operate in Abu Dhabi […]
State of Wisconsin Reduces Grayscale Bitcoin Trust Holdings But Adds More BlackRock BTC ETF Shares: SEC Filing – The Daily Hodl

The Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) appears to have reduced its exposure to grayscale Bitcoin Trust Exchange trading funds and added its position with BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin ETF. a New filing The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicates that SWIB holds 6,060,351 stakes in BlackRock's IBIT. As the fund's transaction is $55.33 at the time of […]
Why ageless BlackRock boss Larry Fink has no plans to retire

One of the big questions on Wall Street is when Larry Fink, the longtime CEO and founder of manager management giant BlackRock, decides to retire. Answer: If Fink has his way, never. The CEO of the world's largest asset management company warns his top people that he is sticking to a foreseeable future, at least […]
Decision on BlackRock Ethereum ETF Options Delayed by SEC – U.Today

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) It's postponed Decision regarding the approval of BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) options. BlackRock and Nasdaq proposed a change in the rules last August that would allow options for Spot Ethereum ETF to be exchanged. The SEC will need to decide whether the option can be approved […]
New ETFs from BlackRock take aim at $6 trillion money market fund industry – CNBC

BlackRock's huge ETF business has expanded to a new trillion dollar category. On Wednesday, the asset manager launched two missions ETFs: ishares Prime Money Market ETF (PMMF) and ISHARES Government Money Money Market ETF (GMMF). According to the investment company, the money Money Market Fund, which is usually a sleepy corner in the investment world, […]
Nasdaq Files for In-Kind Redemptions for BlackRock Spot Bitcoin ETF – CoinDesk

NASDAQ has submitted proposed rules to allow the BlackRock IsharaS Bitcoin Trust (Ibit) to create and redeem the actual product. Friday Submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This process allows a large -scale institutional investor called APS (APS) directly can purchase and redeem the funds of the fund (BTC). AP is considered […]
BlackRock, Tennessee settle lawsuit over firm’s ‘misleading’ ESG strategy

BlackRock and the state of Tennessee reached a settlement Friday over a lawsuit that alleges the asset management company downplayed how big a role environmental, social and governance proposals play in the investment process. The settlement is a new move for the red state, which has launched attacks on companies that have ESG goals, including […]