ALTERNATIVES FOR ADVISORS

Redefine portfolios with alternative investments

Seek portfolio resilience beyond a traditional 60/40. Explore new horizons with liquid alternative strategies and private markets.

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To 50/30/20 and beyond

Adding a strategic allocation to alternatives can help diversify your portfolio. We have the tools and resources to help you conceptualize and implement allocations based on your client needs.
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Unlocking private markets

At BlackRock, we partner with clients across public and private markets to implement a holistic approach, providing more choice and key insights for our clients.

Take a look at our latest newsletter series where we explore private markets trends and tackle some of our clients’ most pressing questions.
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There are better portfolios out there

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Seek to diversify

Alternative funds can help provide an alternative source of diversification to traditional fixed income, while also being lowly correlated to equity markets.

Seek to amplify

Private markets have historically delivered attractive risk-adjusted returns.1Tap into new opportunities for individual investors to access private markets.

Uncertainty creates opportunity

Elevated volatility in fixed income and more macroeconomic dispersion have created new opportunity in alternative strategies. Look for true diversification without sacrificing potential returns.

Why BlackRock for alternatives?

Our US$327 billion platform seeks to deliver outperformance with true partnership across a range of investment solutions. We continue to innovate, leveraging our technology, our scale and our fiduciary model to better serve advisors.
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Access to vast opportunities

Our investment teams and dedicated 60+ person centralized sourcing team fuel our dual-pronged approach to sourcing top opportunities.
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Greater transparency

100,000 unique companies and 50,000 unique properties.2
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An integrated view

We provide you with a whole portfolio view so you have a deeper understanding of how alternatives impact the rest of your clients’ portfolios.
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A new standard of alignment

Our firm-wide network of professionals works to understand investor needs– and deliver our best use of skill, scale and technology to help clients achieve their goals.

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Explore our alternatives platform

Help your clients achieve their goals with our alternatives platform and resources.

Ticker

Name

Morningstar Category

Overall Morningstar Rating*

BDEBT

BlackRock Private Credit Fund

Private credit

 

CREDX

BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund

Private credit

 

XPIFX

BlackRock Private Investments Fund

Private equity

 

BIMBX

Systematic Multi-Strategy

Multistrategy

4

PBAIX

Tactical Opportunities

Macro trading

5

BILPX

Event Driven Equity

Event Driven

4

BDMIX

Global Equity Market Neutral

Equity market neutral

4

BGCIX

Credit Relative Value

Nontraditional bond

4

BICSX

Commodity Strategies

Comm. broad basket

4

BIREX

Real Estate Securities

Real estate

4

 

Source: Morningstar as of 9/30/2025. Systematic Multi-Strategy, rated against 104 Multi-strategy Funds. Tactical Opportunities rated against 40 Macro trading Funds; Event Driven Equity rated against 42 Event Driven Funds. Global Equity Market Neutral rated against 35 Equity Market Neutral Funds; Credit Relative Value rated against 235 Nontraditional Bond Funds; Commodity Strategies rated against 95 Commodities Broad Basket Funds; Real Estate Securities rated against 210 Real Estate Funds. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its 3-, 5-, and 10-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. See important notes for additional information.

Featured liquid alternatives

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Global Equity Market Neutral Fund

BDMIX is a market neutral strategy seeking consistent returns with low correlations to broad asset classes through a technology-driven process.
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BlackRock Tactical Opportunities Fund

PBAIX invests across 25+ developed and emerging market countries and seeks to capitalize on elevated volatility and macro dispersion.
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Event Driven Equity Fund

BILPX Invests primarily in equity securities of companies undergoing transformative events, including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, restructurings, and other catalysts.
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BlackRock Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund

BIMBX is a multi-asset strategy that seeks uncorrelated and consistent returns across market cycles.
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Private markets

Seek to amplify with new vehicles designed for wealth clients.

Implementing private markets in your portfolio

Product innovation within the past several years has allowed more investors the ability to allocate to solutions ranging from private equity to private credit. Explore BlackRock's asset allocations, educational resources, and product offerings.
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BlackRock Private Credit Fund

BDEBT seeks to target attractive risk-adjusted returns generated by investing primarily in directly-originated, senior-secured corporate debt investments.
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BlackRock Credit Strategies Fund

CREDX dynamically allocates across the full credit spectrum to seek opportunities for total returns.
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BlackRock Private Investments Fund

BPIF is designed to deliver access to a diverse, core portfolio of institutional private equity in a registered fund structure.
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Resources and insights

View our selection of resources, articles, videos, and more for BlackRock’s alternatives platform.

BlackRock Wealth Academy: Earn CE Credits

Learn how to think beyond 60/40.

Alternative investments such as private equity and credit can play a valuable role in today’s market. Earn CE credits by learning why and how to allocate to alternatives in client portfolios.
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Test out alternatives with our tools

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360° Evaluator

Analyze investments within a portfolio context in minutes. Add your latest ideas to an existing portfolio, create a new portfolio, or browse our models to get started.
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Expected Return Analyzer

Featuring alternative funds, you can now identify ways to narrow the gap between expected and target returns for your portfolios.
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