Post by Lena Z.

Responsible analytics. When it comes to the question of whose data to use as an analytical tool, several factors come into play, three of which are the most important: 1. Data purity 2. Data volume 3. The human factor BlackRock analytics are used often because it is the world's largest investment company with extensive resources, international presence and the ability to attract strong professionals: 1. BlackRock, Inc. is an American multinational investment company. Founded in 1988, initially as an enterprise risk management and fixed income institutional asset manager, BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager,[1] with $12.5 trillion in assets under management as of 2025.[2] 2. Friedrich Merz, the Chancellor of Germany, worked as the chairman of the BlackRock Germany supervisory board in 2016–2020. [3*][4*] In Finland, S-Bank informed about BlackRock's investment research and BlackRock's forecasts in 2024 on the bank's website. 1* "BlackRock, Inc. 2024 Form 10-K Annual Report". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. February 25, 2025. 2* Sen, Anirban; Bhandari, Ateev (July 15, 2025). "BlackRock shares slump even as assets hit record $12.5 trillion on market rally". Reuters. Retrieved September 27, 2025. 3* Eyk Henning (17 January 2016). "BlackRock Hires Former Merkel Deputy for Its German Operations". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016.  4* Robert Landgraf (3 June 2020). "Blackrock findet Nachfolger für Friedrich Merz" [Blackrock finds successor for Friedrich Merz]. Handelsblatt. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020.