BlackRock, Inc. reports developments from a global asset management and financial technology business built around investment products, institutional client services and technology platforms. Recurring updates include operating results, net flows across ETFs, active strategies and private markets, and product launches under the iShares brand, including fixed income ETFs tied to leveraged loans and other credit markets.
Company news also covers Aladdin and Preqin data, analytics and benchmark capabilities for private credit, infrastructure-focused activity through Global Infrastructure Partners, and philanthropic workforce initiatives funded by The BlackRock Foundation. These releases connect BlackRock's asset management platform with technology services, private markets data, infrastructure investment themes and skilled-trades workforce programs.
BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) will report third quarter 2026 earnings before the New York Stock Exchange opens on October 14, 2026. Laurence D. Fink, Robert S. Kapito and Martin S. Small will host an investor and analyst call at 7:30 a.m. ET. Earnings and supplemental materials will be available on BlackRock’s investor relations website before the call, alongside a live, listen-only webcast. A replay will be available by 10:30 a.m. ET that day.
BlackRock (BLK) filed initial SEC registration statements to add ETF share classes to five active mutual funds.
The filings cover BlackRock High Yield Portfolio, BlackRock Strategic Municipal Opportunities Fund, BlackRock California Municipal Opportunities Fund, BlackRock New York Municipal Opportunities Fund and BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund. The five strategies had nearly $55 billion in combined assets as of August 31, 2026.
If launched, each ETF share class would trade on an exchange and invest in the same underlying portfolio as its mutual fund share classes. The registration statements are not yet effective, so the proposed shares are not available for sale.
BlackRock (BLK) launched LifePath® Solutions (LPS), a customizable target date design framework that extends capabilities previously used mainly by the largest retirement plans to a broader range of plan sponsors.
Built on BlackRock’s $770 billion LifePath platform, LPS combines plan- and participant-level analysis with options to invest across public and private markets, incorporate guaranteed lifetime income, and use active or index strategies within a single provider. The research engine tailors glidepath, risk and investment approach to each workforce’s earnings, savings patterns and retirement behavior, aiming to deliver a “personal pension”-like experience through familiar off‑the‑shelf target date funds.
BlackRock (BLK) committed CAD$15 million over three years to BlackRock Future Builders to support Canada’s next generation of skilled trades workers.
The initiative, funded by The BlackRock Foundation, aims to expand access to training, strengthen apprenticeship systems, and connect more Canadians to in-demand trades careers as the country faces skilled labour shortages. In the first phase, an initial grant will support the Iron Workers District Council of Western Canada’s Canadian office and is expected to reach nearly 3,000 participants across Ontario, Alberta, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. This is BlackRock Future Builders’ first philanthropic commitment outside the United States.
BlackRock Enhanced Global Dividend Trust (BOE) and BlackRock Enhanced International Dividend Trust (BGY) have new portfolio managers effective immediately.
The Funds will now be managed by Zeshan Azam, Wendy Agnew, Kyle McClements, and Sinan Kunt. Azam and Agnew, who joined BlackRock via the Citi Portfolio Solutions Powered by BlackRock partnership, are members of BlackRock’s Global Core Equity Team and bring prior experience managing global and international equity strategies.
Byrna Technologies (BYRN) appointed Matthew McBrady, Ph.D., to its Board of Directors, increasing the Board size from seven to eight members.
McBrady previously served as a long-time board member and advisor at Axon Enterprise (AXON), where he helped guide the company from its early days to a market capitalization exceeding $50 billion. He is currently Chief Financial Officer of GoBrands, the parent of GoPuff, and has nearly 15 years of hedge fund and private equity investing experience. The company describes his operational, financial, investment, brand-building and capital markets expertise as aligned with Byrna’s ongoing board refreshment strategy and its plans for the next phase of growth.
BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) announced the planned termination of the iShares iBonds Oct 2026 Term TIPS ETF (NYSE Arca: IBIC). The ETF’s last trading day and final NAV calculation are scheduled for October 15, 2026, with an expected liquidation date of October 20, 2026.
According to BlackRock, iBonds ETFs are designed to mature in a specific year, then transition from bonds into short-term instruments and cash before liquidation. Shareholders are expected to receive liquidation proceeds on or around the liquidation date, depending on their brokerage’s processes. Other iShares iBonds ETFs remain available across treasuries, municipals, investment grade and high yield corporates.
BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) expanded its cash management strategy by launching two tokenized money market offerings: OnChain Shares of the BlackRock Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund (BSTBL) on Ethereum and the BlackRock Daily Reinvestment Stablecoin Reserve Vehicle (BRSRV), aimed at digitally native institutional investors.
BSTBL uses BNY as transfer agent and tokenization provider, while BRSRV uses Securitize. Both funds seek current income with liquidity and principal stability by investing in cash, short‑term U.S. Treasuries and overnight repos, and are structured to qualify as “eligible reserve assets” for permitted U.S. payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act. BlackRock’s Cash Management Group oversees nearly $1.073 trillion in cash strategies.
Meta (NASDAQ: META) and BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) formed a venture to develop, own, and finance a 1-gigawatt data center campus in El Paso, Texas. Funds managed by BlackRock will own 80% of the venture and Meta 20%, with total development costs of approximately $14 billion for buildings and long-lived power, cooling, and connectivity infrastructure.
Meta will contribute land and construction-in-progress assets valued at about $2.3 billion, while BlackRock will contribute roughly $4.9 billion in cash, partly funded by $12.5 billion in debt financing. Meta will receive a one-time distribution of around $1 billion and will lease the entire campus under agreements with an initial four-year term and four extension options, plus residual value guarantees with an aggregate threshold of approximately $13 billion that declines over time. The El Paso project represents more than $10 billion of Meta investment, supports over 4,000 peak construction jobs and 300 operational roles, and is expected to begin bringing capacity online in 2028.
BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $5.73 per share on its common stock. The dividend is payable on September 22, 2026 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 8, 2026.