BlackRock is a truly global firm that combines the benefits of worldwide reach with local service and relationships. We manage assets for clients in America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa. The firm employs more than 10,100 talented professionals and maintains offices in 27 countries worldwide. Our clients include: pension plans; governments; insurance companies; third-party mutual funds; endowments; foundations; charities; corporations; official institutions; sovereign wealth funds; banks; financial professionals; and individuals.

BlackRock has developed its offering around its clients' needs: providing breadth of capabilities - and depth of knowledge – across active and passive strategies. With a passion to understand all forms of risk, BlackRock's 1,000+ risk professionals dig deep to bring clarity to the most daunting financial challenges.  This shapes and strengthens the investment decisions that BlackRock makes to deliver better, more consistent returns through time.

As of March 31, 2012, BlackRock's assets under management total US$3.68 trillion across equity, fixed income, cash, alternative investment, real estate and advisory strategies. Through BlackRock Solutions® — the natural evolution of our long-standing investment in developing sophisticated and highly integrated systems — we offer risk management, strategic advisory and enterprise investment system services to a broad base of clients with portfolios totaling approximately US$10 trillion.

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