NYSE:BLK 10 February 2026 - 6 July 2026

Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) slips in London trading as BlackRock wealth fund eyes fee income

Standard Chartered (LON:STAN) slips in London trading as BlackRock wealth fund eyes fee income

Standard Chartered shares traded lower in London after the BlackRock wealth fund shifted focus to fee income. LONDON, July 7, 2026, 20:02 BST Standard Chartered PLC slipped in London on Tuesday as investors were unmoved by its new wealth product launch with BlackRock Inc.. The bank's shares barely responded, leaving the focus on whether upcoming earnings can deliver more on fees than on lending margins.
July 7, 2026
Standard Chartered stock rises as BlackRock fund puts fee-growth forecasts in focus

Standard Chartered stock rises as BlackRock fund puts fee-growth forecasts in focus

Standard Chartered PLC rose on Monday as a new BlackRock Inc. fund gave investors another data point on a shift in the bank’s earnings mix toward wealth fees and away from pure rate income. The stock was quoted at 2,150/2,151 pence, up 28 pence or 1.32%, at 16:49 BST. The FTSE 100 was down 0.26%, while Barclays’ market data showed the UK financial services sector up 1.99%. The London Stock Exchange’s regular session runs from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local time on July 6.
July 6, 2026
Smiths Group stock rises; BlackRock stake tops 12% as buyback capacity nears £1.9 billion

Smiths Group stock rises; BlackRock stake tops 12% as buyback capacity nears £1.9 billion

Smiths Group Plc rose 1.54% to £26.34 on Friday, beating a 0.25% gain in the FTSE 100 Index, but the price move was not the main number in the stock. The sharper investor read is the amount of stock Smiths may still buy back while a major holder has lifted its disclosed exposure. A regulatory filing on Friday showed BlackRock Inc. at 12.01% of Smiths’ voting rights and financial instruments, up from 11.01% in the previous notice. The new position covered 36.1 million voting rights, including 9.67% attached to shares and 2.34% through financial instruments.
July 3, 2026
QinetiQ (LON:QQ) shares surge after BlackRock stake move draws attention

QinetiQ (LON:QQ) shares surge after BlackRock stake move draws attention

QinetiQ Group plc shares moved higher Thursday, part of a wider rise in UK defence names. The key detail for investors showed up in the shareholder filings: BlackRock Inc. increased its stake right after QinetiQ completed buybacks at prices below where the stock trades now. QinetiQ outperformed the FTSE 250 by 6.8 percentage points. AJ Bell said about 4.65 million shares traded. The shares hit 485.60p at the session peak, but stayed under the 52-week high of 551.50p.
July 2, 2026
MSCI World ETF (URTH) Rally Just Ran Into Hot CPI, a Fed Handoff and an MSCI Rebalance

MSCI World ETF (URTH) Rally Just Ran Into Hot CPI, a Fed Handoff and an MSCI Rebalance

The iShares MSCI World ETF edged lower on Tuesday, pulling back after hitting record highs as U.S. inflation numbers came in above forecasts. Investors were also keeping an eye on an MSCI index review set for later. URTH hovered around $200, off roughly 0.4%. That matched the dip in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF and fared a bit better than the iShares MSCI ACWI ETF, which slipped about 0.8%. Not the best timing. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the consumer price index climbed 0.6% in April and landed 3.8% higher than a year ago. Over the past 12 months, energy costs surged 17.9%, stirring up the rate-cut debate again—with global equity funds still heavily tilted toward AI and
May 12, 2026
Binance Online May 13 Agenda Revealed: CZ, BlackRock COO And Crypto Leaders Join Global Livestream

Binance Online May 13 Agenda Revealed: CZ, BlackRock COO And Crypto Leaders Join Global Livestream

On May 13, Binance plans to host a “Binance Online” event lasting more than four hours, lining up founder Changpeng Zhao, co-CEOs Yi He and Richard Teng, BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and Solana Foundation President Lily Liu for the same public schedule. The event kicks off at 11:00 UTC on Binance Square, which is the company’s own content and social hub. The timing is key here: Binance is pushing to shift its narrative toward institutions, AI, and tokenization—moving beyond just retail crypto trading. Tokenization refers to putting ownership or claims on assets, like securities or funds, onto a blockchain.
May 7, 2026
Crypto ETFs Today: Bitcoin ETFs Draw $336 Million, Ether Funds Extend Inflow Streak

Crypto ETFs Today: Bitcoin ETFs Draw $336 Million, Ether Funds Extend Inflow Streak

U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs attracted $335.8 million on Wednesday, while spot ether ETFs added $96.4 million, marking another day of strong inflows as crypto-fund interest bounced back. Early Thursday, bitcoin hovered close to $80,000, recently quoted at $78,119, with ether trading at $2,351.36. Spot ETFs—publicly traded funds that mirror the token’s price—are now a direct gauge of traditional investor appetite for crypto. In the past seven U.S. trading days, bitcoin funds pulled in roughly $1.87 billion, while ether funds brought in another $474 million. All told, that’s $2.35 billion flowing into the two combined.
April 23, 2026
BlackRock Caps Private Credit Fund Withdrawals as Market Stress Spreads

BlackRock Caps Private Credit Fund Withdrawals as Market Stress Spreads

NEW YORK, March 9, 2026, 09:37 EDT BlackRock Inc is restricting withdrawals from its $26 billion HPS Corporate Lending Fund after investors sought to pull roughly $1.2 billion—about 9.3% of assets—surpassing the fund’s 5% quarterly redemption ceiling. Just $620 million in redemptions will be honored, marking the first breach of that threshold since the fund launched. Shares of BlackRock dropped 6.7% on Friday. Morningstar’s Greggory Warren called it a “warning sign” for both the industry and regulators.
March 9, 2026
Bitcoin price today: BTC slips below $70,000 again as U.S. data looms and Korea exchange blunder bites

Bitcoin price today: BTC slips below $70,000 again as U.S. data looms and Korea exchange blunder bites

WARSAW, Feb 10, 2026, 16:39 — Regular session Bitcoin fell below $70,000 on Tuesday, retreating from an earlier peak as traders remained cautious ahead of U.S. economic reports and following a glitch at a South Korean exchange that revived concerns about market infrastructure. By 16:39 CET, Bitcoin was down 0.2% at $69,331, swinging between a high of $71,029 and a low of $67,958. Ether dropped 1.7%, settling at $2,024.
February 10, 2026