Asset Management

Meet the BlackRock team that heads of state turn to in a crisis

The company’s financial markets advisory team dispenses counsel to the Fed, the Vatican and the Ukrainian president, among others

BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink spoke last month with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, extending an offer to help.

By videoconference, Fink told Zelensky that BlackRock stood ready to assist Ukraine in creating a reconstruction fund, according to Zelensky’s office. Rebuilding a war-torn country would be the goal — along with making a profit for investors.

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