Coinbase and BlackRock Partner to Offer Institutional Clients Crypto Trading Access LeapRate

August 05, 2022 BY Alan Sayer

Coinbase and BlackRock Partner to Offer Institutional Clients Crypto Trading Access

To begin with, only trading access to bitcoin will be provided, although Coinbase said they will continue to progress the platform integration and roll out functionality in phases to interested clients. Joseph Chalom, Global Head of Strategic Ecosystem Partnerships at BlackRock, said: "Our institutional clients are increasingly interested in gaining exposure to digital asset markets…

April 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Crypto participation by endowment funds much greater than expected

If there is one thing that crypto enthusiasts can agree upon, it is that valuations will soar in Crypto-Land when institutional investors begin shifting capital into the space in a significant way. To date, institutional participation in digital assets can best be described as modest, but a new research paper has revealed that endowment funds…

April 17, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Earnings season continues

Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for April 17, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Highlights include: eToro Announces Crypto Exchange, Stablecoins: eToro CEO Yoni Assia announced the launch of eToroX, a crypto exchange…

First Republic Bank joins S&P 500 index, replaces Scana Corporation

November 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

iSTOXX FactSet Automation & Robotics Index licensed to BlackRock

STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Börse Group’s index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, has licensed the iSTOXX® FactSet Automation & Robotics Index to BlackRock. The asset manager is launching an ETF today, which is listed in Tokyo. The index is comprised of companies from selected countries exposed to…

September 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

BlackRock to launch Inclusion & Diversity fund with Thomson Reuters

BlackRock has announced that it has collaborated with information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) to launch an exchange traded fund (ETF) to provide investors with a way to invest in companies across developed and emerging markets that promote diversity and inclusion practices, which have been shown to benefit companies’ long-term performance. The iShares Thomson Reuters Inclusion…

July 17, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

This investor may be helping the recent cryptocurrency market rise

Bitcoin is rising again, this time above the $7,000 level. While the "people's currency" was on the low tide for about a month, swinging from $6,000 to $6,700 level most of the time, now, the digital currency is rising again. The common news is that Bitcoin is rising and there is an upward movement in…

December 06, 2016 BY admin

BlackRock Solutions integrates ICE Data Services’ Continuous Evaluated Pricing Tool

Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that ICE Data Services’ Continuous Evaluated Pricing (CEP) has been integrated into BlackRock Solutions’ Aladdin risk and enterprise investment system. BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) Aladdin is the premier portfolio management system for investment managers that…

November 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

A former Equity Portfolio Manager at BlackRock pleads guilty to insider dealing

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that Mark Lyttleton, a former Equity Portfolio Manager at BlackRock, has today pleaded guilty to two counts of insider dealing. He will be sentenced on 21 December 2016. Mr Lyttleton admitted dealing on the basis of insider information he obtained during the course of his employment…

September 29, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse: iShares Core FTSE 100 UCITS ETF launched on Xetra

A new iShares equity index ETF from BlackRock's product offering has been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Thursday. Name: iShares Core FTSE 100 UCITS ETF (Dist) Asset class: equity index ETF ISIN: IE0005042456 Total expense ratio: 0.07% Distribution policy: distributing Benchmark: FTSE 100 Index The iShares Core FTSE 100 UCITS ETF (Dist) gives…

September 13, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

iShares launches first ETFs on innovative sector indices in iSTOXX FactSet Thematic index family on Xetra

Deutsche Börse has announced that four new sector ETFs issued by BlackRock have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt since Tuesday. The four iShare ETFs enable investors to invest for the first time in sectors only very recently offered by the iSTOXX FactSet Thematic index family. The ETFs track the themes: Automation & Robotics,…

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