Investment Strategies & Vehicles
BlackRock offers a wide range of strategies reflecting the needs and preferences of different clients. For example, not only do we have fixed income portfolios with exposure to global bonds, we also manage bond portfolios denominated in U.S. dollars, sterling, euros, yen and Australian dollars. On the equity side, in addition to the standard U.S. , international and emerging market offerings, we also manage equity portfolios with strategies specific to the United Kingdom , Europe , Japan and Australia . Finally, our strategies are tailored to appeal to both taxable and tax-exempt investors with various appetites for alpha and risk.
Central to BlackRock’s investment management process is market risk management. Our Risk & Quantitative Analysis (RQA) group leads the effort on this front in support of our portfolio management teams across asset classes, styles and geographies. RQA is responsible for:
- Ensuring that the risks in BlackRock-managed portfolios are consistent with client objectives and that those risks are fully understood and properly managed by our portfolio managers
- Creating a common “risk” language and a set of standardized metrics used to communicate risk throughout the firm
- Partnering with BlackRock Solutions to create practical, state-of-the-practice risk analytics