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Investment Accounting & Performance

ALADDIN® ACCOUNTING

Powerful investment accounting and performance solutions, integrated in a unified tech ecosystem.

Transform numbers into narratives with unified data, technology, and workflows across the whole portfolio—enabling asset managers and asset owners, including insurers and pensions, to scale and optimize investment and accounting lifecycles.

KEY BENEFITS

  • 01

    Power your portfolio with a single platform

    Bring together your investment, risk, and accounting data to enable a single view and complete coverage for your organization—across public and private assets.

  • 02

    Reliable data across your workflows

    Harness a single source of high-quality, cleansed data—backed by robust governance and quality controls to streamline operations and maintain compliance standards at every step.

  • 03

    Expertise that evolves with your needs

    Leverage tailored solutions and BlackRock’s accounting expertise to enable more informed decisions and manage complexity across your book. As both a user and provider, we are uniquely positioned to meet the industry’s ever-changing requirements and needs.

Trusted by institutional investors across the globe

Aladdin delivers accounting and performance solutions tailored to the complex needs of our global client community—driving growth, operational efficiency, and compliance across the full investment accounting lifecycle.

25
years of experience delivering accounting solutions to clients
600
dedicated accountants, product managers, and engineers

Integrated tech to support complex requirements for asset managers

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Official returns

Locked-period official returns

Leverage Aladdin investment data to construct closed-book portfolio market and book valuations and returns for separately managed accounts (SMAs), powering client reporting and front office decisions.

• Periodic calculations on IBOR data—eliminating redundant reconciliations
• Rigorous quality controls ensure information is accurate and reliable

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NAV & performance

Fund NAV & performance oversight

Reconcile Fund Administrator (FA) data with Aladdin valuation and performance data to ensure data integrity and consistency.

• Daily review of third-party calculated returns and NAVs across funds and share classes
• Data oversight and calculation validation to strengthen investor confidence

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Composite administration

Composite administration to support GIPS Compliance

Manage composite membership and performance across separate accounts and retail funds with automated, consolidated workflows to support compliance with Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) and local regulations.

• Exception-based composite membership and tracking
• Inception-to-date reports, disclosures, and marketing materials

Unified accounting solutions designed for asset owners

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Multi-basis

Built by and for accountants for the whole portfolio

Produce accounting results across public & private assets, backed by robust controls & reporting, to meet obligations with confidence.

• Multi-basis accounting (GAAP, STAT, IFRS & TAX bases) with journal entries to feed a general ledger & regulatory-compliant reporting
• Standard & regulatory reporting with flexible chart-of-accounts (CoA) mapping

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Unified data

Unified, consolidated data across your ecosystem

Unify your investment, risk, and accounting books of record into a single source of data—unlocking efficiencies, optimizing workflows, and simplifying month-end processes.

• Centralized data from the Aladdin ecosystem for timely and accurate data delivery
• Streamlined operations, enhanced data integrity, and regulatory compliance across your ABOR

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Integrated tech

Investment accounting technology, as software or a service

Leverage investment accounting solutions built for diverse organizations, use cases, asset classes, and operating models.

• A dedicated Aladdin team committed to delivering tailored solutions, whether in-house or outsourced
• Powerful data and platform ecosystem—strengthened by connectivity to data providers, financial institutions, and regulators

How can tech transform numbers into insightful narratives?

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This episode of Big Little Questions explores how we provide accurate, timely data—and actionable insights—for our clients.

Frequently asked questions

  • Aladdin Accounting unifies the Investment Book of Record (IBOR), Accounting Book of Record (ABOR) and Performance Book of Record (PBOR) into a single, integrated platform. This creates a single source and view across investment, accounting, and performance data. With a unified structure, front-, middle-, and back-office teams can align workflows, reduce reconciliations, and deliver consistent, high-quality outputs with confidence.

  • Aladdin Accounting supports a wide range of asset classes across public and private markets—including equities, fixed income, derivatives, and alternatives. The platform enables performance measurement and regulatory-compliant reporting across multi-asset portfolios.

  • Aladdin Accounting is built to adapt to evolving industry needs and regulatory requirements across the globe. It supports multi-basis accounting, including GAAP, IFRS, STAT, TAX and is designed to meet diverse regional and local requirements. The platform offers a configurable chart of accounts (CoA)—allowing firms to adjust account structures without disruption. These capabilities help maintain compliance across jurisdictions and simplify reporting workflows.

  • Aladdin Accounting is trusted by firms across the globe, including BlackRock. It is designed to support asset managers and asset owners, including insurers and pensions, with a wide range of use cases—from closed-book performance for SMAs to multi-basis accounting—backed by a proven implementation track record and user-provider model.

  • Aladdin Accounting delivers clean, high-quality, reliable data through centralized workflows and a common data language across the Aladdin ecosystem. The platform’s built-in quality controls and exception-based handling minimizes reconciliation needs and manual efforts—enabling teams to focus on performance insights and strategic outcomes.