BlackRock, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide investment management and technology or subscription services to institutional and retail clients worldwide.
Scope: BlackRock group, as described in its 2025 Form 10-K · Event date: 2025-12-31
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BlackRock, Inc.
24 sourced findings across the business, its work and the recruiting evidence.
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Each finding has its own source and scope. A group-level statement may not describe a particular office or role. Openings and deadlines may have changed since this 2026-09-24 snapshot; check the employer’s current careers site.
01
What the company does
4 findingsManagement fees are typically a percentage of assets under management; some portfolios also pay performance fees, and some products earn securities lending revenue.
Scope: BlackRock group fee model, 2025 filing · Event date: 2025-12-31
BlackRock offers active, index, private-markets and cash-management strategies through vehicles including iShares ETFs and separate accounts.
Scope: BlackRock group product range, 2025 filing · Event date: 2025-12-31
The 2025 filing reported $14.0 trillion in AUM at 31 December 2025; BlackRock later reported $15.3 trillion at 30 June 2026. These are different measurement dates.
Scope: BlackRock group AUM snapshots · Event date: 2026-06-30
02
Teams and structure
3 findingsBlackRock's FAQ describes BlackRock Solutions as a technology business unit separate from investment management; the FAQ does not establish a London team structure.
Scope: BlackRock Solutions, corporate level; FAQ update date not stated
The FAQ says eFront was acquired in 2019 and describes it as a specialised unit within BlackRock Solutions, alongside Aladdin Institutional and Aladdin Wealth.
Scope: BlackRock Solutions organisation as described in an undated FAQ
The 2027 EMEA summer internship page lists a London application deadline but does not assign the advertised programme to a specific London investment or Aladdin team.
Scope: 2027 EMEA programme, London location evidence only · Event date: 2026-09-30
03
What distinguishes its approach
3 findingsAladdin's stated design connects portfolio management, trading, compliance, operations and risk oversight using shared data across functions.
Scope: Aladdin platform as described by its provider
BlackRock is both an investment manager using Aladdin and a technology provider selling it to other institutions.
Scope: BlackRock group and Aladdin business
Aladdin Risk is an analytics offering without the full platform's order-management, trading and operations capabilities.
Scope: Aladdin Risk product, not every BlackRock role
04
The work
3 findingsIn February 2026 BlackRock announced that Preqin data had been integrated into eFront to support private-market manager due diligence and portfolio monitoring.
Scope: BlackRock Aladdin/eFront product, global institutional clients · Event date: 2026-02-05
The eFront/Preqin workflow described by BlackRock includes AI-assisted manager shortlisting, cash-flow modelling and liquidity planning.
Scope: BlackRock private-markets product functionality · Event date: 2026-02-05
BlackRock's 2025 filing says Aladdin represented most technology services and subscription revenue that year, while fixed-income positions remained the majority of positions managed on the multi-asset platform.
Scope: BlackRock technology revenue and Aladdin platform, FY2025 · Event date: 2025-12-31
05
Direction and developments
4 findingsBlackRock completed its HPS Investment Partners acquisition on 1 July 2025, expanding its credit investment management business.
Scope: BlackRock group acquisition · Event date: 2025-07-01
For Q2 2026 BlackRock reported $192 billion of net inflows and said the broader first-half inflows were driven by ETFs, private markets, active fixed income and systematic equities.
Scope: BlackRock group, Q2 2026 · Event date: 2026-06-30
BlackRock reported 13% year-on-year growth in technology services and subscription revenue in Q2 2026 and attributed it to Aladdin and multi-product solutions.
Scope: BlackRock group, Q2 2026 · Event date: 2026-06-30
On 16 September 2026 BlackRock launched LifePath Solutions for US workplace retirement plans, combining plan-demographic analysis with a choice of public or private investments and lifetime-income options.
Scope: US retirement solutions; no London-team implication · Event date: 2026-09-16
06
Risks and constraints
4 findingsBlackRock warns that market-value changes can reduce AUM, revenue and earnings because much of its investment-management revenue is linked to AUM.
Scope: BlackRock group, filed business risk
The 2025 filing identifies competition from asset managers, banks, insurers and financial technology providers; performance, price and service are among the competitive factors.
Scope: BlackRock group competitive risk, FY2025 · Event date: 2025-12-31
BlackRock's filing identifies cyber incidents and the complexity of AI, cloud and automation as operational risks for its systems and client data.
Scope: BlackRock group technology and cyber risk, FY2025 · Event date: 2025-12-31
The $15.3 trillion Q2 2026 AUM figure alone cannot establish a matching increase in management-fee revenue: market valuations, net flows and fee mix affect the relationship.
Scope: BlackRock group financial interpretation
07
Recruiting evidence
3 findingsThe 2027 EMEA summer internship is advertised as eight weeks from June to August, with eligible students expected to graduate in 2028.
Scope: BlackRock 2027 EMEA general summer programme
The vacancy permits one programme application and up to two functions within that programme; the London deadline shown was 30 September 2026.
Scope: BlackRock 2027 EMEA programme, London deadline · Event date: 2026-09-30
After submission, the page says the pre-interview assessment must be completed within five days or the application is withdrawn.
Scope: BlackRock 2027 EMEA programme process
Role briefs in the research
These refer to the source snapshot and do not establish that an application is still open.
- 2027 Summer Internship Programme — EMEALondon is listed; function placement unverified
Evidence gaps
- teamsThe general EMEA vacancy and product pages do not identify which Aladdin, investment or risk teams host London interns; do not map global product activity to a London internship.
Questions to verify
- Which 2027 London functions are offered within the EMEA programme, and which connect to Aladdin or investment research?
- Does the FAQ's BlackRock Solutions structure still describe the current reporting lines?
- Recheck the London deadline and vacancy status after 30 September 2026.