BlackRock set a record for net inflows in 2024, with more than $600 billion.

BlackRock made $25 billion of investments to strengthen its position in private markets, acquiring investment fund Global Infrastructure Partners and private credit-focused HPS In

BlackRock is making key leadership changes and combining some teams internally, according to a memo to employees from CEO Larry Fink and President Rob Kapito. The changes follow several major private market-linked acquisitions at BlackRock in the past year: Global Infrastructure Partners,

Mark Wiedman was most recently head of BlackRock’s global client business

Wiedman, head of the global client business, was instrumental in driving BlackRock's growth in passive investing.

BlackRock ( BLK) shares rose 4% Wednesday morning as the asset manager posted better-than-expected quarterly results on record assets under management (AUM).

BlackRock reported fourth-quarter earnings per share of $10.63. On an adjusted basis, per-share earnings of $11.93 topped analysts’ forecasts of $11.24. The world’s largest asset manager reported net income of $1.

BlackRock said in its fourth-quarter earnings report Wednesday that assets under management jumped to a record $11.55 trillion, up from $10 trillion a year ago. Analysts surveyed by FactSet had expected BlackRock to report a record $11.