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Why Direct Private Opportunities (DPO)?

For the past decade, DPO has evaluated opportunistic investments across a diverse range of industries and geographies, and has a history of finding idiosyncratic investment opportunities. The team is experienced in acting as an extension of team and sharing views with clients looking to invest opportunistically.
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Unique sourcing

Leveraging the platform of the world’s largest asset manager to focus on investments outside of core, private markets.
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Flexible strategy

Identifying thematic opportunities with attractive relative value, seeking to optimize risk and return.
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Extensive expertise

In structuring, execution, and portfolio management, utilizing proprietary risk modeling for private markets.

DPO invests opportunistically across private markets

Our Direct Private Opportunities (DPO) team seeks to deliver:

  • Differentiated sourcing capabilities leveraging the depth and breadth of the BlackRock platform
  • Deep structuring and underwriting expertise to create asymmetric return profiles and enhance downside mitigation
  • Flexible mandates to pursue pockets of relative value across sectors, geographies, and capital structures
  • Lower beta exposures targeting diversifying investments that add idiosyncratic risk to the total portfolio

BlackRock sourcing seeks to deliver distinct advantages

Proprietary relationships

Long-standing relationships with investment managers and peer investors

BlackRock brand

Frequently invited to participate in opportunities with preferred capacity

Global scale

Visibility on unique opportunity set across the globe with local connectivity and boots on the ground

Robust sourcing platform

Integrated BlackRock Capital Markets platform for counterparty connectivity and deal sourcing

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Why BlackRock for multi-alternatives?

Our Multi-Alts platform is designed to identify and solve clients’ needs by harnessing expansive investment insights, unique sourcing, and deep risk expertise to enhance outcomes. We take an open architecture approach, partnering with BlackRock and non-Blackrock investment teams, to deliver optimal portfolio solutions to address client needs.

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