BLACKROCK GROUP

Business and Investment Profile

The BLACKROCK GROUP is a publicly held investment adviser that advises $11,894.69Bn in regulatory assets under management held in 7 SEC fund types across 21 investment strategies. BLACKROCK GROUP is a Public Fund A public fund manager is a manager whose >=75% of total assets under management are in public funds (broadly accessible, exchange-listed investment vehicles available to retail investors with typically low minimums and clear, widely available information) Manager. Assets increased by 128.06% over the last 5-years.

Regulatory Profile

The Group has been registered with the SEC for 41.73 years and is comprised of 24 filing and 26 relying advisers. They operate out of 53 office locations with their Headquarters at 400 HOWARD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. The Group has been subject to regulatory enforcement actions. They are regulated by 50 US and Non-US bodies.

Employee Profile

They have 12,537 employees comprised of 2,820 investment and 9,717 non-investment staff. The total number of Employees increased by 20.57% over the last 5-years.

Asset Profile

Their $11,894.69Bn in assets advised are owned by 2,014 private funds, 2,479 public funds and BDCs and 3,740 other accounts. Assets of Investment Companies (IC) clients own $8,750.41Bn or 73.57% of Total Assets and Pooled Investment Vehicles (Not IC or BDC) own $1,414.53Bn or 11.89% of Total Assets.

Investment Strategy Profile

The Group's top investment strategies include Long/Short Equity, FI/Credit - Diverse and Multi Strat, representing 60.8%, 30.01% and 5.07% of total assets, respectively.

Client Profile

They advise 13 types of clients, top clients are Investment Companies (IC) and Pooled Investment Vehicles (Not IC or BDC).

Service Provider Profile

The Group uses 85 Fund Administrators, 9 Fund Auditors, 11 Prime Brokers, 64 Custodians and 100 Marketers. It does not report a third-party Fund Administrator in 555 private funds with $981.61Bn in assets.

Fee Profile

The Group discloses advisory fees, fixed fees, management fees and performance-based fees.

Sub-Advisers

BLACKROCK GROUP names 6 sub-advisers AIC MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC, DMS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES (EUROPE) LIMITED, GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., MPMF FUND MANAGEMENT (IRELAND) LIMITED, PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC, QLS ADVISORS LLC to 11 different funds advised by the group. The Group has been named as the sub-adviser to 30 funds.