Global fixed interest investments - BlackRock

Founded in 1988, New York-based BlackRock manages global fixed interest portfolios for BT Investment Management.  It also provides risk management and investment system services to institutional investors under the BlackRock Solutions brand

In February 2006, BlackRock, Inc and Merrill Lynch announced their agreement to merge Merrill’s investment management business, Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM), and BlackRock to create a new independent company.  The new company will operate under the BlackRock name and will be one of the world’s largest asset management firms.

BlackRock’s global bond philosophy is an extension of a risk-controlled approach that focuses on active sector/sub-sector rotation and security selection.  BlackRock believes that this strategy is particularly well suited to today’s dynamic global fixed income markets where the opportunity for relative value has increased.

BlackRock’s investment team employs multiple strategies to add value with an emphasis on exploiting relative value along the yield curve, across sectors and between individual securities.  In general terms, BlackRock expects the majority of value to come from relative value strategies (sector, security and yield curve) and less from the more traditional strategies (duration, country and currency).

Australian investors can access BlackRock’s global fixed income expertise through specialist global fixed interest and global credit funds.