BlackRock

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/blackrock

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the founding year?1988
2. What is the primary business?Investment management and financial risk management
3. How does BlackRock keep track of risks?It uses a special computer system called Aladdin that looks at lots of data and tells investors about possible risks in real time.
4. Where is BlackRock located and how many places does it work?Its main office is in New York City, and it has offices in 70 places across 30 countries, serving clients in 100 nations.

Enterprise Risk Management: A strategic approach to identifying, assessing, and controlling threats to an organization's capital and earnings.
Fixed Income: Securities that pay a fixed rate of interest, such as bonds, representing a loan made by an investor to a borrower.
Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF): An investment fund traded on stock exchanges, typically tracking an index, that holds assets such as stocks, bonds, or commodities.