Client Solutions Group

The Client Solutions Group (CSG) delivers insights and solutions to help clients achieve unique goals - powered by institutional expertise and custom investment analytics.

Custom insights and solutions developed for you

Leveraging the power of Aladdin® and the breadth of BlackRock’s global investment platform, we collaborate with clients to address your most pressing enterprise and investment concerns:

• Peer study: Evaluate positioning relative to industry peers
• Portfolio diagnostic: Assess risk/return portfolio profiles
• Strategic asset allocations: Optimize based on portfolio objectives
• Liquidity management: Balance long-term growth with liquidity needs
• Scenario testing: Prepare for various market environments

Our services are tailored for corporate and public pensions, Taft-Hartley and multi-employer plans, investment consultants, family offices, foundations and endowments, healthcare systems, insurers and nuclear decommissioning trusts (NDTs).

Access institutional investor client solutions through custom analysis

Explore how industry leaders are positioning their portfolios

Gain actionable insights with our analysis of industry peers, focusing on allocation decisions, institutional investment strategies, risk management, and enterprise insights

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PEER STUDIES

Corporate Pension Peer Study

Private equity - Partnering on PE

Hedge Funds – Analyzing alpha

Equities - Enhancing alpha

Fixed income - Searching for yield

Public Pension Peer Study

Latest publications

Rethinking the endgame for corporate pension plans

By CSG for Corporate Pensions

Glide paths have long guided DB pension plans, balancing growth and LDI. Today, full funding is a checkpoint, not the finish line, as plans look to unlock broader uses for pension surplus. Explore what’s next for corporate pensions.

Innovating and evolving for a new era in healthcare

By BlackRock

Faced with mounting operational pressures and a shifting demographic and labor landscape, healthcare systems are being forced to rethink how their investment portfolios support long-term resilience.

How should endowments react to the new tax law?

By Patrick Geddes

Learn more about how the new tax bill impacts endowments.

Meet the Client Solutions Group

Calvin Yu, CFA

Managing Director, Head of the Client Insight Unit

Timothy (TJ) Jennings

Managing Director, Co-Head of Client Solutions Group

FAQs about BlackRock’s Client Solutions Group

Who can benefit from BlackRock’s Client Solutions Group (CSG)?

CSG caters to a diverse range of institutional investors and investment teams across the United States, Latin America, and Canada. Our services are tailored for corporate and public pensions, Taft-Hartley and multi-employer plans, investment consultants, family offices, foundations and endowments, healthcare and hospital systems, insurers, and nuclear decommissioning trusts (NDTs).

What makes CSG unique and valuable to institutional clients?

CSG stands out as an extension of staff and a valuable resource for clients, offering customized insights and analytics to navigate complex investment challenges. By harnessing BlackRock's extensive resources, including the industry-leading Aladdin® platform for advanced risk management analytics, insights from the BlackRock Investment Institute, and the breadth of our global investment platform spanning Private Markets, Equities, Fixed Income, and Multi-asset, we empower clients to make informed investment decisions that align with their unique objectives.

Aladdin® is BlackRock’s investment and risk management platform that unifies the investment management process through a common data language. With a view of your whole portfolio, it enables investors to identify opportunities and make more informed decisions. In 2025, BlackRock announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Preqin, a premier independent provider of private markets data. This strategic transaction strengthens BlackRock’s ability to serve clients’ whole portfolios — across public and private markets.

How does CSG deliver custom investment insights?

CSG works closely with institutions and investment teams, offering personalized, one-on-one consultations, and analytics tailored to unique investment objectives. Our key capabilities include:

Bespoke analytics:

Strategic asset allocation and portfolio optimization analyses
Reallocation analysis
Risk management analytics and stress testing using Aladdin®
Forward simulations
Capital market assumptions
Hurdle rate, surplus risk, and funded status projections for Defined Benefit pensions
Historical performance analysis
Private markets pacing analysis
Liquidity management strategies
After-tax considerations for taxable investors
Asset class deep dive analytics

Thought leadership:

Peer studies offering comparative analytics and benchmarking relevant to your portfolio
Identification and analysis of emerging trends impacting institutional investors
Actionable implementation strategies and its impact on portfolios

What peer studies does CSG offer, and how can institutional investors participate?

CSG conducts comprehensive peer research using publicly available data, covering:

Public pensions
Corporate pensions
Multi-employer plans
Healthcare organizations
Endowments

This research can be enhanced and further customized with investor provided portfolio data. Institutional investors interested in participating should contact us directly.

How can I contact BlackRock’s Client Solutions Group (CSG)?

For further inquiries, insights, or to discuss your specific institutional investment needs, please contact us via our contact form, email us at ClientInsight@BlackRock.com,or reach out directly to your dedicated BlackRock Relationship Manager.

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