Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) provides a differentiated range of advisory services by leveraging the firm’s capital markets, data and risk analytics, technology, and financial modeling capabilities while maintaining stringent information barriers.
BlackRock established Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) during the financial crisis in April 2008 to provide dedicated support to governments, central banks, and then financial institutions, worldwide. It was created as a distinct business within the company, separate and independent from BlackRock’s traditional asset management business. FMA has since grown to offer a wide range of services for institutions in both the public and private sector. It leverages BlackRock data and risk analytics, technology, and financial modeling capabilities while maintaining stringent information barriers and other procedures to manage potential conflicts of interest.
FMA is a distinct business within BlackRock with established policies and procedures to safeguard the sensitive nature of our client information and ensure the confidentiality of the advisory assignments entrusted to us by our clients. Since its inception in 2008, FMA’s information barriers have been reviewed and audited by numerous clients, including some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated official institutions.
Moreover, in all of its businesses across the firm, BlackRock acts in a fiduciary capacity for its clients and their interests:
We believe that this unique business model is a key strength, allowing BlackRock to provide to our clients unbiased, professional advice, free from conflicts of interest.