BlackRock

Source: articles.moneycentral.msn.com --- 12 days ago
BlackRock Inc's president said on Tuesday that all options are open in a possible sale by Merrill Lynch of its almost 50 percent stake in the U.S. money management firm. ...

Source: dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com --- 24 days ago
Laurence D. Fink is no stranger to rough markets. As The New York Times reported last month, the chairman and chief executive of BlackRock is known for his emphasis on risk, making him a go-to figure during the credit market turmoil. Now that the market place is still experiencing some upheaval — the recent travails of [...] ...

Source: mobile.reuters.com --- 26 days ago
HONG KONG (Reuters) - One of the biggest U.S. money managers said on Tuesday the Federal Reserve was unlikely to raise interest rates despite surging oil prices until the U.S. economy shows more signs of stabilization. ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 12 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc's president said on Tuesday the money management firm is bracing for a "much bigger" global economic slowdown, but said financial market declines have created some of the best buying opportunities ever for fixed-income money managers. ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 25 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain said on Wednesday that if it raised more capital, it would consider selling its stakes in news and financial data company Bloomberg and money manager BlackRock. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 12 days ago
NEW YORK, June 24 (Reuters) - Declines in residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities since last year have created some of the best buying opportunities for fixed-income money managers in history, the president of the largest publicly traded ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 22 days ago
By JOE BEL BRUNO BlackRock Inc. President Robert Kapito said Friday he's confident of the asset manager's stake in Lehman Brothers and doesn't believe the investment bank needs a buyer or outside investor to survive. ...

Source: uk.reuters.com --- 32 days ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in Throgmorton trust, which recently lost star manager Roger Whiteoak, rose on Wednesday after it appointed BlackRock as manager and said it will use some hedge fund techniques to generate returns. ...

Source: www.marketwatch.com --- 25 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- BlackRock Inc. invested in Lehman Brothers' equity offering this week, Chief Executive Laurence Fink told CNBC on Wednesday. He declined to say how much BlackRock invested in the brokerage firm. Fink said Lehman is adequately structured to avoid a liquidity crisis like the one that almost felled Bear Stearns in March. It's time to start investing in the sector, but investors remain worried about the balance sheets of Lehman and other financial institutions and the possibility of more write-downs, Fink explained. "The markets are looking at financial institutions and asking whether they have taken the appropriate marks," Fink added. ...

Source: uk.reuters.com --- 3 days ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co Inc may not want to sell its $10 billion (5 billion pound) stake in top performing money manager BlackRock Inc . But it may have no alternative. ...

Source: news.ft.com --- 35 days ago
Sovereign wealth funds have provided more than half the equity for the BlackRock fund that bought $15bn of troubled mortgage debt from UBS this month, people with knowledge of the matter say ...

Source: www.businesswire.com --- 5 days ago
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, the BlackRock closed-end funds listed below announced distributions. ...

Source: cnbc.com --- 6 hours ago
Tax Credit to Save UBS Merrill's Possible Writedown ...

Source: cnbc.com --- 3 days ago
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Source: business-times.asiaone.com --- 2 days ago
(NEW YORK) Merrill Lynch may not want to sell its US$10 billion stake in top performing money manager BlackRock. But it may have no alternative. ...

Source: business-times.asiaone.com --- 23 days ago
(NEW YORK) Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain said that the world's largest brokerage would consider selling its stakes in news and financial data company Bloomberg and money manager BlackRock if it needed more capital. ...

Source: business-times.asia1.com.sg --- 26 days ago
(SINGAPORE) BlackRock Investment Management vice-chairman Bob Doll believes the US market has seen the worst of the credit crisis, although the process of de-leveraging is expected to continue for another two to four years, which will be an economic headwind. ...

Source: www.londonstockexchange.com --- 11 days ago
Fund manager BlackRock has today launched the BGF China Fund to target investments in the burgeoning Asian economy. ...

Source: www.westcoaster.ca --- 11 days ago
By Keven Drews UCLUELET — The developers of a major oceanfront resort in Ucluelet will have to wait at least 15 days before they can receive a development permit. ...