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BlackRock Agrees to Acquire Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), Creating a World Leading Infrastructure Private Markets Investment Platform
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BlackRock Agrees to Acquire Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), Creating a World Leading Infrastructure Private Markets Investment Platform

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The combination of GIP with BlackRock’s highly complementary infrastructure offerings creates a comprehensive global infrastructure franchise with differentiated origination and asset management capabilities. BlackRock, Inc. and Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), a leading independent infrastructure fund manager, jointly announce that they have entered into an agreement for BlackRock to acquire GIP......
BlackRock Announces Product Updates to 10 iShares ETFs
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BlackRock Announces Product Updates to 10 iShares ETFs

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BlackRock, Inc. today announced its plans to implement stock splits for the ETFs listed below. These splits will lower the share price and increase the number of outstanding shares. The total value of shares outstanding is not affected by the share split. Ticker Fund Name Inception Date NAV/Share (as of......
Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions
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Certain BlackRock Closed-End Funds Announce Estimated Sources of Distributions

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BlackRock Resources & Commodities Strategy Trust (NYSE: BCX), BlackRock Enhanced Equity Dividend Trust, BlackRock Energy and Resources Trust (NYSE: BGR), BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust (NYSE: BGY), BlackRock Health Sciences Trust (NYSE: BME), BlackRock Health Sciences Term Trust (NYSE: BMEZ), BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust (NYSE: BOE), BlackRock Utilities, Infrastructure......
Women We Admire Announces Top 50 Women Leaders in Investment Management of 2023
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Women We Admire Announces Top 50 Women Leaders in Investment Management of 2023

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Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of The Top 50 Women Leaders in Investment Management of 2023 Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of The Top 50 Women Leaders in Investment Management of 2023. Put simply, investment management refers to the supervision of financial assets and investments, extending......
BlackRock Announces Withdrawal of Municipal Closed-End Fund Merger Proposals
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BlackRock Announces Withdrawal of Municipal Closed-End Fund Merger Proposals

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An activist hedge fund is opposing the mergers to further its own short-term agenda, causing unsustainable proxy solicitation costs should the mergers proceed The withdrawal occurs despite strong support from retail shareholders who have benefitted from 48 BlackRock closed-end fund mergers since 2010 All shareholders were expected to benefit from......
Daily Fintech Series Roundup: Top Fintech News, Analytics and Insights 1st March 2023
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Daily Fintech Series Roundup: Top Fintech News, Analytics and Insights

FTS Daily Roundup starts today! We are covering the top updates from around the world. The updates will feature state-of-the-art capabilities in Fintech insights, Trending fintech news, Crypto, Fintech SaaS, Fintech Cloud, Analytics and AI ML. We will cover the role of FTS Daily Roundup and its application in various industries and......
Blackrock and Coinbase Available for 24/7 Trading on Regulated DeFi
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Blackrock and Coinbase Available for 24/7 Trading on Regulated DeFi

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Regulated blockchain platform Swarm announces seven companies its community selected are live for trading. Swarm held a community vote for holders of its payment token, SMT, to determine which securities should be added to its decentralized trading platform. The shortlisted companies came from public nominations made on Twitter using the #ShareTheShare campaign.......
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Ondo Launches Tokenized US Treasuries And Bonds, Targeting $100 Billion Stablecoin Market

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Ondo Finance announced the launch of a tokenized fund allowing stablecoin holders globally to invest in bonds and US Treasuries. The fund seeks to close the widening gap between on-chain and off-chain yields, a potentially attractive opportunity for investors holding more than $100 billion in stablecoins, which they currently receive no yield on. Today, crypto investors......
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Seeds Investor Completes Initial Capital Raise To Promote Personalized Investing

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Seeds Investor (“Seeds”), a fintech firm that provides financial advisors the technology to deliver a more personalized and engaging investing experience, announced it has closed a seed funding round of $2.7 million. The round was led by venture firm Social Leverage, whose leadership team includes Stocktwits co-founder Howard Lindzon. It saw......
Altruist to Launch UMA Capabilities, Enhancing Model Marketplace
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Altruist to Launch UMA Capabilities, Enhancing Model Marketplace

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RIA fintech firm adds portfolio construction customization to create best-of-breed portfolios with no fee minimum Altruist, a fintech company on a mission to make financial advice better, more affordable and more accessible to everyone, announced a new feature to portfolio management capabilities – unified managed accounts (UMA). “Introducing UMA capabilities......
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