BlackRock: Becoming More Than an Asset Manager
BlackRock built its dominance by becoming the world’s largest asset manager. Its next phase, however, is increasingly focused on businesses that look very different from traditional fund management. Infrastructure, private credit, data and investment technology could gradually make BlackRock’s earnings less dependent on public markets and significantly change how investors value the company.
ET&A Research · 24 August 2026
For most investors, BlackRock is synonymous with scale.
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