Today, the underlying tech stacks at asset management firms can either help or hinder expansion into new asset classes, finding organic and inorganic growth opportunities & achieving target operating models. Aladdin® unifies investment management—providing a common data language, enabling scale and transformation—across public and private markets.
Investment solutions for asset managers
Key benefits
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The language of portfolios
Aladdin technology serves as the backbone of an asset manager’s investment process across public and private assets—with an open architecture that gives clients and ecosystem partners the ability to “plug in”—for flexibility, optionality, and interoperability.
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User-provider model
The Aladdin platform empowers sophisticated investment managers around the world—including BlackRock—to make more informed investment decisions, see through risk, capture market opportunities, and tap into scalable growth—for your stakeholders, as well as the end investor.
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New growth opportunities
Take advantage of organic and inorganic growth opportunities, expand into new asset classes, and unlock your data—all while transforming a complex, multi-vendor environment into a deeply connected and scalable ecosystem.
How do we help asset managers with their investments?
Asset managers turn to our solutions to optimize performance, streamline operations, and differentiate their offerings. With Aladdin at the core, they gain a unified data platform that connects investment, risk, operations, and reporting.
With a proven implementation playbook, deep expertise across asset classes, and a flexible, API-first platform, we simplify complexity and accelerate time to value.
30
years of delivering solutions for asset managers
400
of the world’s most sophisticated asset managers leverage Aladdin and eFront technology
Support public and private investments at scale
The Aladdin platform, inclusive of eFront, is a scalable platform that supports firms' evolving investment activities globally—across the whole portfolio. It delivers enhanced data analytics, portfolio construction, and risk management across public and private markets—further streamlining client operations and helping drive growth strategies.
Supporting multi-asset mandate and custom benchmarks
Portfolio management is continuously changing and it’s critical for asset managers to have the right tech to unlock opportunities, give them a competitive edge, help them grow, and differentiate. The Aladdin platform supports multi-asset portfolio construction and mandates, alongside custom benchmarks, model portfolios and target operating models.
Power investments with reliable, unified data
Aladdin's data-as-a-service solution provides users with a single platform to access reliable, high-quality data to support all investment and operations workflows. With Aladdin technology, clients benefit from a managed data pipeline, aggregating investment data on a cloud-agnostic, scalable platform, ultimately reducing operational overhead.
Empowering confident decisions through integrated risk intelligence
Aladdin Risk equips asset managers with analytics and reporting tools to uncover exposures, attribute performance, and monitor compliance. Powered by market-tested models and scalable infrastructure, it enables scenario simulation and real-time insights for confident decisions-supporting smarter, faster investment decisions.
Unified Platform
A single, enterprise‑grade platform that brings together technology, data, and partners across your investment ecosystem. Aladdin Enterprise helps asset managers connect workflows end‑to‑end, reduce complexity, and scale with confidence across the full investment lifecycle.
A client story: In conversation with John Wilson, co-CEO of Ninepoint
John Wilson, co-CEO, Managing Partner, and Senior Portfolio Manager at Ninepoint, and Ultan Geraghty, co-Head of Aladdin Client Engagement for the Americas, discuss how leveraging technology enabled rapid implementation of new solutions and scalable growth—while responding to market dynamics and maintaining a competitive edge.
What does scale mean for asset managers?
Hear perspectives from Meera Jessa, Co-Head of Aladdin Client Engagement for the Americas, and Victoria Kent, Head of Aladdin Client Engagement—as they discuss current conditions that asset managers face and how technology can support growth amidst volatility, uncertainty, and change.
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Awards
Buy-Side Technology – Awards Winner 2022
Best buy-side IBOR (investment book of record) platform—BlackRock’s Aladdin® platform
Buy-Side Technology – Awards Winner 2021
Best integrated front-office platform ’21; BlackRock’s Aladdin® platform
Frequently asked questions
The Aladdin platform supports private assets—both indirect and direct investments—by integrating public and private market workflows, data, and analytics on a single platform. Its eFront component enables end to end support for private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and private credit, covering tasks like performance benchmarking, fund accounting, and portfolio monitoring. This unified approach helps investment teams manage all asset classes together, streamline reporting, and maintain a clear view of exposures across the portfolio.