Clients sent $205 billion of fresh cash to BlackRock in the quarter, including $135 billion into ETFs and $66 billion into actively managed funds. Long-term strategies pulled in $175 billion, ahead of the $159 billion average analyst estimate, while cash and money-market products attracted $31 billion.
Not every category was a gainer. Institutional index products saw $27 billion of outflows, and on the analyst call management said those redemptions were concentrated in lower-fee offerings.
Adjusted EPS came in at $15.93, up 38% versus the prior year, surpassing Bloomberg's $14.15 average estimate. Revenue climbed 19% year over year. Organic base fees increased at an annualized 11% pace in the quarter, marking the ninth straight period that growth topped the firm's 5% target.
The stock briefly reached $1,106, up as much as 3.7%, shortly after Wednesday's New York open. Even so, through the prior Tuesday the stock was down 0.4% for the year, trailing the S&P 500's 14% gain.
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BlackRock says it is a year into a major push toward higher-fee private markets. It closed the $12 billion purchase of alternative credit firm HPS Investment Partners in July 2025, after earlier acquiring Global Infrastructure Partners and data provider Preqin. This quarter is the first to include year-ago comparison data that reflects HPS's performance.
On the call, executives said the firm has brought in $25 billion for private credit during its first full year with HPS. Alternatives ended the quarter at $800 billion in assets, and more than half of that came from private credit and infrastructure.
"Demand for capital is growing across the global economy, and BlackRock is increasingly at the center of how that capital is deployed and managed," CEO Larry Fink said, adding, "This quarter is the clearest view yet of the earnings power of our integrated platform."
For everyday investors, the takeaway is simple: the money is moving toward vehicles that promise steadier fees and long-lived cash flows, like private credit and infrastructure, even as low-fee index strategies see some churn. That shift can shape which funds get launched next, where yields show up, and how diversified portfolios behave when markets wobble.
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