Archive

  • Experts turn to typhoons, and rock band amplifiers, to describe degrees of market stress

    02 April 2026

    Suddenly, the VIX index seems oh so very quaint a way to gauge investor tumult and fear

  • Larry Fink highlights insurers in BlackRock's $400bn private assets plan

    30 March 2026

    CEO tells investors US social security insurance could diversify beyond US Treasuries

  • Chart of the Week - Why Germany's 'silent life book run-off' could be a rainmaker for BlackRock

    04 April 2025

    Fitch estimates €100bn of German life books still up for consolidation

  • Rebuilding LA will take at least a decade, predicts BlackRock's Larry Fink

    16 January 2025

    BlackRock recently exited asset management body fighting climate change

  • The US battles against ESG

    22 May 2023

    US climate change politics have hit a turning point. What started off as mild disgruntlement against woke investing now looks to have turned into an all-out war by right-leaning states against climate siders. It is enough to make the head spin. Sarfraz Thind reports

  • BlackRock's CEO praises the power of capitalism over woke investing

    16 March 2023

    "We do not divest from sectors," Larry Fink says

  • Chart of the Week - An open letter to Larry Fink

    07 October 2022

    Insurance Risk Data (and BlackRock) reveal reasons insurance CIOs use ETFs

  • Länsförsäkringar blacklists BlackRock funds

    28 April 2022

    Swedish insurer excludes two funds on fossil fuel and ESG breaches

  • Comment: Are some clients' wishes more equal than others for BlackRock?

    07 April 2022

    Time for Larry Fink to ask: 'Is the customer always right?'

  • Fiduciary duty comes first in ESG, BlackRock says

    04 April 2022

    Insurer return concerns have to be met, asset manager says