The world’s largest asset manager considers it unlikely that Mexico will lose its investment-grade sovereign credit rating
Global professional investors have largely replaced families as major shareholders in recent decades. BlackRock, Vanguard and Norway’s sovereign wealth fund hold stakes valued at €113 billion
The global nightmare scenario: Russia emerges as the hegemonic power in Eurasia after the capitulation of Ukraine; China, transformed into its silent (and superior) partner; the US, normalizing digital referendums on guns and abortion, its population manipulated by algorithmic disinformation; and the EU reduced to a soulless, technocratic bloc. In a work of political fiction, Spain’s former foreign minister Arancha González Laya paints a picture of the world that awaits us if Europe fails to react
The head of the world’s largest investment firm, with a total of $14 trillion in assets under management, also noted that ‘Spain is a beacon of hope for Europe’ in an exclusive interview with EL PAÍS
Strong investor demand pushed the deal well beyond expectations. Earlier estimates suggested Anthropic would raise around $20 billion
Uncertainty is increasingly complicating economic forecasts, but all eyes are on Trump, Ukraine, and AI. Europe’s future hangs in the balance between France and Germany
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao made an appearance following his pardon by Donald Trump, and defended bitcoin over tokenized gold in a heated exchange with skeptic Peter Schiff
JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Blackrock increased their earnings thanks to the stock market boom and corporate dealmaking
The case of Laurent Freixe, CEO of the multinational chocolate company, adds to the growing list of office relationships that end in sudden dismissal
The Italian lawyer, who is being targeted with sanctions by the Trump administration over her support for the Palestinian people, rules out resignation and proposes the total end of relations with Israel’s ‘apartheid regime’
Franklin Templeton’s president and CEO has doubled the investment management organization’s assets in five years through a frenetic acquisition campaign targeting its rivals
Analysts believe the crypto industry won’t be impacted by trade wars in the same way as other sectors
European markets rise nearly 2.5% after sharp declines, while US indices falter following a 104% tariff announcement on the Asian country
A BlackRock study finds that companies with workforces that are balanced between women and men achieve better results
In the last few years, the three funds have jockeyed into privileged positions in listed Spanish banks
The CEO of BlackRock, the largest money-management firm in the world, talks to EL PAÍS about the U.S. banking crisis, rate rises and why he’s a believer in bitcoin
The CEO of the world’s largest fund management firm thinks it’s too early to tell whether ‘the consequences of easy money and regulatory changes will cascade throughout the US regional banking sector’