HIGH-NET-WORTH CLIENTS

Attract and serve high-net-worth clients

Hi everyone – I’m Cullen Roberts, Director of Advisor Engagement for BlackRock’s U.S. Wealth Advisory business.

Across the advisory industry, we hear two consistent themes from advisors: the need for capacity and the desire to grow. But not just any growth—manageable growth through fewer, wealthier families. Those two complementary goals put high-net-worth clients at the center of today’s opportunity.

High-net-worth families now hold over 50% of all investable assets—almost double what they held just a decade ago.1 As wealth consolidates and expectations rise, competition intensifies and advisory practices must evolve to stay relevant.

At BlackRock, we’re building our high-net-worth platform to help advisors attract & retain clients in this rapidly growing and critically important segment. We work with advisors across a wide range of focus areas, including:

Consultations with our Business Consulting team to align services, value proposition and client stories to the high-net-worth market

Capacity-freeing resources across technology, marketing, and portfolio design

Deeper education for your team on the how’s and why’s of direct indexing, SMAs, options, and private markets.

And ultra-high-net-worth and liquidity event expertise through our Private Wealth Consulting team.

This is the moment to enhance your practice, rethink your investment process, and evolve your product set to position yourself for the next frontier of wealth. To learn more, please contact your BlackRock market team.

1Cerulli U.S. High-Net Worth and Ultra High-Net Worth Markets, 2024

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High-net-worth clients have complex needs and high expectations. BlackRock has the portfolio process, the products and the practice management expertise to help you simplify your approach, deliver customization, manage taxes and win at scale.

Evolve your portfolios for your whole practice

Not all client segments are created equal—each requiring a unique set of solutions. Portfolio Design Services empowers you to meet the needs of every wealth segment within your practice in a single process, allowing you to incorporate different strategies as your client's needs become more complex.

Move your portfolios upmarket to address complex client needs

Portfolio distribution pie chart

For illustrative purposes only. There is no guarantee a positive outcome will be achieved.

Tax loss harvesting & tax alpha

Direct indexing SMAs and long/short strategies

Stock & bond personalization

SMAs with option overlays and bond ladders

Alpha from private markets & alternatives

Private credit and infrastructure investments

Expand your products for high-net-worth investors

You can provide diversified risk and return potential with a mix of mutual funds, index ETFs and active ETFs. As a client's wealth grows, adding SMAs and private market assets can help you customize investments, minimize taxes and seek new sources of enhanced returns.

Personalize high-net-worth portfolios with SMAs

BlackRock’s separately managed accounts platform enables you to better meet the complex needs of your clients across equities, fixed income and option overlays.

HNW client goals pie chart

Source: Cerulli, “U.S. High-Net-Worth and Ultra-High-Net-Worth Markets,” 2024.

Tax management

Generate tax alpha with tax loss harvesting

Concentrated stock

Manage risk of low basis positions

Personalization

Align investments with your values and preferences

Unlock private markets

Rise in private markets chart

U.S. Census Bureau - Center for Economic Studies - Business Dynamics Statistics (2022) and World Federation of Exchanges database; for more information on the World Federation, please refer to the Important Notes. Both sources, represents the latest data as of 2022 as derived on 2 April 2025. The graph denotes the growth or decline for both US public and private companies from 1988 until 2022. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.

Opportunity is shifting to private markets and access is easier than ever. BlackRock combines deep expertise with product innovation to provide private markets solutions that help you build resilient portfolios and achieve investment objectives for your clients.

Enhance your practice to serve high-net-worth clients

Effectively serving wealthy clients starts with the 3 key elements of the practice playbook:

  • Services - Offer what high-net-worth investors want
  • Structure - Align your team and business to serve wealthy clients
  • Source - Connect with more high-net-worth clients
98%
of high-net-worth practices offer estate planning
90%
of high-net-worth practices offer charitable planning
75%
of high-net-worth practices offer family counseling and planning

Cerulli, “U.S. High-Net-Worth and Ultra-High-Net-Worth Markets,” 2024.

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