Analyst - Anonymous employee BlackRock Employee Review

4.0
Oct 24, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Everyone who works there is a nice person. Teams generally have flexible working hours. The firm has an amazing reputation and you can definitely feel that once you're inside with the leverage you have within the financial industry.

Cons

There are many teams doing the same thing, so it creates many extra layers of work all the time. Sales people are not the most capable.

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Cons

The Preqin acquisition never really found its identity after becoming part of BlackRock. It felt like the focus shifted from listening to clients to fitting Preqin into a broader BlackRock strategy. As AI changes how firms access and analyze private market data, simply being a data provider isn’t enough anymore. My impression was that Preqin’s long-term value is likely to come from being integrated into the broader Aladdin ecosystem and APIs, rather than remaining a standalone platform. Leadership would benefit from spending more time listening to customers and the teams on the front lines instead of assuming they already know what the market wants.

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