SEC 8-K and 6-K filings classified by Claude with reasoning, plus Form 4 insider transactions. Ingested from EDGAR’s filing stream in near-real time, reconciled overnight.
Open-market buys and sells only — the deliberate trades. Zero here doesn’t mean no filings: grants, option exercises and tax withholding (below) are compensation, not market trades.
| Insider | Role | Date | Transaction | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FINK LAURENCE | Chairman and CEO, Director | 2026-07-21 | Gift | 7852 | $0 |
| FINK LAURENCE | Chairman and CEO, Director | 2026-07-16 | Open-market sell | 1905 | $2.1M |
| Meade Christopher J. | General Counsel and CLO | 2026-07-16 | Option exercise | 18095 | $9.3M |
| Meade Christopher J. | General Counsel and CLO | 2026-07-16 | Open-market sell | 15895 | $17.5M |
| Meade Christopher J. | General Counsel and CLO | 2026-07-16 | Open-market sell | 2200 | $2.4M |
| Daley Pamela | Director | 2026-06-30 | Grant/award | 30 | $0 |
| FORD WILLIAM E | Director | 2026-06-30 | Grant/award | 37 | $0 |
| Freda Fabrizio | Director | 2026-06-30 | Grant/award | 21 | $0 |
| Johnson Margaret L | Director | 2026-06-30 | Grant/award | 36 | $0 |
| LEMKAU GREGG | Director | 2026-06-30 | Grant/award | 30 | $0 |
| Murphy Kathleen | Director | 2026-06-30 | Grant/award | 41 | $0 |
| Nasser Amin H. | Director | 2026-06-30 | Grant/award | 30 | $0 |
| Nixon Gordon M. | Director | 2026-06-30 | Grant/award | 37 | $0 |
| PECK KRISTIN C | Director | 2026-06-30 | Grant/award | 34 | $0 |
| Robbins Charles | Director | 2026-06-30 | Grant/award | 30 | $0 |
| Vestberg Hans Erik | Director | 2026-06-30 | Grant/award | 36 | $0 |
| FINK LAURENCE | Chairman and CEO, Director | 2026-06-01 | Gift | 4780 | $0 |
| FINK LAURENCE | Chairman and CEO, Director | 2026-04-28 | Open-market sell | 9715 | $10.2M |
| FINK LAURENCE | Chairman and CEO, Director | 2026-04-28 | Open-market sell | 13834 | $14.5M |
| FINK LAURENCE | Chairman and CEO, Director | 2026-04-28 | Open-market sell | 8225 | $8.6M |
Fiscal period ending 2025-12-31 versus 2024-12-31 — view filing on EDGAR →
Regulatory compliance risk is the dominant theme, with a wave of new obligations spanning sanctions, privacy, outbound investment screening, settlement reform, and cross-border supervisory regimes materially expanding the compliance burden. The HPS Acquisition and entry into private credit add credit, leverage, and distressed-asset risks that broaden the firm's risk profile in a substantive way. New antitrust exposure from third-party relationships compounds the legal risk picture.
2 company-specific · 3 common-mode
Added private credit to alternatives portfolio and new HPS Acquisition. Expanded risk disclosures including credit, leverage, distressed investments, and critical infrastructure risks reflect material expansion of business scope and associated risks.
BlackRock's alternatives products include investments in early-stage companies, private equity portfolio companies, private credit and real assets, such as real estate, infrastructure and energy…
New disclosure of antitrust/competition law claims arising from third-party relationships. Material escalation of legal risk exposure.
RISKS RELATED TO KEY THIRD-PARTY RELATIONSHIPS The impairment or failure of third parties may negatively impact the performance of products and accounts that BlackRock manages, which may cause…
New disclosure of Iran sanctions compliance obligations and expanded US state privacy laws (CCPA, CPRA, Asia Pacific) with reputational and business consequences.
LEGAL, REGULATORY AND REPUTATIONAL RISKS BlackRock is subject to extensive regulation around the world, which increases its cost of doing business. BlackRock’s business is subject to extensive…
Multiple new regulatory risks emerged: US outbound investment screening (effective Jan 2025) restricts client investments; beneficial ownership reporting guidance tightens shareholder engagement rules; proxy voting reform under SEC consideration. These represent substantive new compliance burdens and operational constraints.
Regulatory reforms in the US expose BlackRock to increasing regulatory scrutiny, as well as regulatory uncertainty. In recent years, a number of regulatory reforms have been proposed or fully or…
Multiple new regulatory initiatives added: Digital Omnibus, T+1 settlement (Oct 2027), EU supervisory reform, UK operational resilience designation risk, and CCI regime. Escalated China regulatory language. Materially expanded compliance burden.
International regulatory reforms expose BlackRock to increasing regulatory scrutiny, as well as regulatory uncertainty. BlackRock’s business and operating activities are subject to increasing…
BlackRock disclosed its second quarter and first-half 2026 financial results on July 15, 2026, reporting diluted EPS of $12.19 (or $13.91 as adjusted), $15.3 trillion in AUM, record net inflows of $321 billion year-to-date, revenue of $7.084 billion, operating income of $2.461 billion, and 31% revenue growth year-over-year.
View raw filing on EDGAR →BlackRock registered up to 12,035,866 shares of common stock for issuance upon redemption of SubCo Units held by sellers of the HPS Investment Partners acquisition. The registration covers both closing-date consideration shares (7,606,927) and deferred consideration units (4,428,939) contingent on post-closing milestones. This is a dilutive equity issuance tied to an M&A transaction, with the prospectus supplement filed to register the shares for future redemption/exchange. While the HPS Transaction itself closed on July 1, 2025, this Item 8.01 disclosure addresses the registration mechanics for the equity consideration component, which is material to shareholders as it represents significant potential dilution.
View raw filing on EDGAR →This is a classic Item 5.07 disclosure of shareholder voting results from BlackRock's 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 20, 2026. The filing presents detailed voting tallies for four matters: election of 19 directors, advisory approval of named executive officer compensation, ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor, and amendment to BlackRock Finance, Inc.'s certificate of incorporation. All matters passed with substantial majorities, making this a material disclosure of governance outcomes that investors rely upon to assess board composition and shareholder sentiment.
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