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The 21st Century 4th Reich by Vrouwen voor Vrijheid
Monopoly: Follow The Money by Vrouwen voor Vrijheid
Monopoly: an overview of the Great Reset by Vrouwen voor Vrijheid
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This informative video gives an overview of what is currently happening in the world in just 1 hour. It shows the modern global systems, and focusses on the situation in the Netherlands.

We believe though, that people from all over the world will recognise this situation.

In consultation with Tim Gielen, the maker of this video, and in cooperation with others who strive for freedom, we translated it into English. We think it is a very important video to share with the world, so we can change things for the better.

The maker sees this video as an open source project. Feel free to use parts of it, add to it or subtitle it into your own language. You can download it here: https://t.me/VvVmonopoly

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BLACKROCK & VANGUARD

These institutional investors are mainly investment firms banks and insurance companies. In turn, they, themselves are owned by shareholders and the most surprising thing is that they own each other’s stocks

Together, they form an immense network comparable to a pyramid. The smaller investors are owned by larger investors. Those are owned by even bigger investors. The visible top of this pyramid shows only two companies whose names we have often seen by now. They are Vanguard and BlackRock. The power of these two companies is beyond your imagination. Not only do they own a large part of the stocks of nearly all big companies but also the stocks of the investors in those companies. This gives them a complete monopoly.

A Bloomberg report states that both these companies in the year 2028, together will have investments in the amount of 20 trillion dollars. That means that they will own almost anything

Bloomberg calls BlackRock “The fourth branch of government”, because it’s the only private agency that closely works with the central banks. BlackRock lends money to the central bank but it’s also the advisor. It also develops the software the central bank uses. Many BlackRock employees were in the White House with Bush and Obama. Its CEO, Larry Fink can count on a warm welcome from leaders and politicians. Not so strange, if you know that he is the front man of the ruling company. But Larry Fink does not pull the strings, himself.

BlackRock, itself is also owned by shareholders. Who are those shareholders? We come to a strange conclusion. The biggest shareholder is Vanguard. But now he gets murky. Vanguard is a private company and we cannot see who the shareholders are. The elite who own Vanguard apparently do not like being in the spotlight but of course they cannot hide from who is willing to dig.

Reports from Oxfam and Bloomberg say that 1% of the world, together owns more money than the other 99%. Even worse, Oxfam says that 82% of all earned money in 2017 went to this 1%.

Forbes, the most famous business magazine says that in March 2020, there were 2,095 billionaires in the world. This means that Vanguard is owned by the richest families in the world. If we research their history, we see that they have always been the wealthiest. Some of them, even before the start of the Industrial Revolution, because their history is so interesting and extensive, I will make a sequel.

For now, I just want to say that these families of whom many are in royalty are the founders of our banking system and of every industry in the world, these families have never lost power but due to an increasing population, they had to hide behind firms, like Vanguard, which the stockholders are the private funds and non-profits of these families.

NGOs AND FOUNDATIONS AND THEIR OWNERSHIP OF BIG PHARMA

To clarify the picture, I have to explain briefly what non-profits actually are. These appear to be the link between companies, politics and media. This conceals the conflicts of interests a bit. Non-profits, also called “foundations” are dependent on donations they do not have to disclose who their donors are they can invest the money in the way they see fit and do not pay taxes as long as the profits are invested again in new projects. In this way, non-profits keep hundreds of billions of dollars among themselves according to the Australian government, non-profits are an ideal way of financing terrorists and of massive money-laundering.

The foundations and funds of the families that are the richest stay in the background as much as possible. For issues that get much attention, the foundation of philanthropists are used that are lower in rank but very rich.

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BlackRock and Vanguard are taking over centralized food production technologies and will have near-total control over the future food supply in America
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Image: BlackRock and Vanguard are taking over centralized food production technologies and will have near-total control over the future food supply in America

(Natural News) Many people are still blissfully unaware of what has happened, but the global food supply has been largely taken over by the oligarchs, including financial giants BlackRock and Vanguard.

It turns out that BlackRock and Vanguard have been gradually gobbling up ownership of the means of production, and now intend to lord it over the masses by centralizing all food production technologies in the United States and enslaving everyone under their control.

The top three shareholders of CD Industries Holdings, the world’s largest fertilizer company, include both BlackRock and Vanguard. BlackRock and Vanguard are also the top shareholders in Union Pacific, the railroad giant that moves fertilizer and other agriculture inputs all across the country.

The world’s top 10 food companies are also largely owned by both BlackRock and Vanguard. These include Nestlé, PepsiCo, General Mills, Kellogg’s, Associated British Foods, Mondel?z, Mars, Danone, Unilever, and Coca-Cola.

“What happens when they control all of the seeds, produce, and meat too?” asks Corey’s Digs.

“What happens when produce and meat are all grown inside secured facilities after a gene splice or inside a petri dish, and farmland becomes dormant due to overreaching regulations, lack of supplies, and manufactured inflation?”
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says “it’s time to force people’s behavior to change”

BlackRock and Vanguard’s influence over CF Industries Holdings and T. Rowe Price Associates is having a major and direct impact on farming in the Midwest. It is also important to note that Union Pacific recently began mandating railroad shipping reductions of 20 percent, further impacting American agriculture.
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“This will directly impact key agricultural areas such as Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, and California,” Corey’s Digs adds. “This will ultimately affect food supply and pricing. CF Industries is only one of 30 companies dealing with these restrictions.”

Another major transporter of agricultural goods, the Canadian National Railway (CN), is reportedly trying to help the fertilizer market grow. But its largest owner is none other than billionaire eugenicist Bill Gates, whom we reported is buying up as much American farmland as he can get his grubby little demonic hands on.

Back to BlackRock and Vanguard, the finance giants are also top shareholders in AppHarvest, a Kentucky-based agriculture company that boasts one of the biggest greenhouses in the world at 2.76 million square feet on 60 acres. The facility grows only tomatoes, which are sold at Kroger, Meijer, and Walmart.

Then there is Hydrofarm Holdings, based in Pennsylvania. This company also grows crops in a controlled environment with vertical farming technology. BlackRock and Vanguard are top shareholders in this company as well.

BlackRock currently boasts more than $20 trillion in investments, all of which follow the ESG and “socially responsible” guidelines required by its CEO Larry Fink. Fink infamously stated that “it’s time to force people’s behavior to change,” and he is apparently doing that by seizing control of American agriculture.

“Despite the LED lighting, robotics, computer data analysis, and ventilation systems required to power vertical growing facilities of this magnitude, since water is being saved and less of Bill Gates’ landmass is being used, investments are flowing into these alleged sustainable and environmentally friendly facilities, as well as massive greenhouses,” Corey’s Digs further explains.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) is capturing medicine and health care by moving swiftly to pass a new “pandemic treaty” that will give the United Nations total control over public health. This one-two punch of seizing both food and medicine spells a grim future of totalitarian fascism in the entire world.

More related news coverage about the engineered implosion of the global food supply can be found at Collapse.news.

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MONOPOLY: AN OVERVIEW OF THE GREAT RESET – follow the money - Thanscript

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As you are watching millions fall into poverty because of the corona measures of the past year, even if the greatest economic crisis in history has not affected you yet, it will only be a matter of time until the rippling effects will hit you, as well

This is not fear-mongering but it’s a harsh reality. I also think we might mitigate the damage and may even do better, provided we are informed correctly about our situation. This is why I would like to show you a few facts you can easily check facts that are of crucial importance.

Less than a handful of big corporations dominate every aspect of our lives. That may seem exaggerated but from the breakfast we eat to the mattress we sleep on and everything we wear and consume in between is largely dependent on these corporations.

Those are huge investment companies that determine the course of money flow. They are the main characters of the play that we are witnessing. I know your time is valuable, so I summarize the most important data.

How does it work?

THE FOOD INDUSTRY

Let’s take Pepsico as an example. It is the parent company of many soda companies and snack companies. The so-called competitive brands are from factories from a few corporations who monopolize the entire industry. In the packaged food industry, there are a few big companies, like Unilever, the Coca-Cola Company, Mondelez and Nestlé.

In the picture, you see that most brands in the food industry belong to one of these corporations. The big companies are on the stock market and have the big shareholders in the board of directors.

On sources like Yahoo Finance, we can see detailed company info, such as who the biggest shareholders actually are. Let’s take Pepsico again, as an example. We see about 72% of stock is owned by no less than 3,155 institutional investors. These are investment companies, investment funds, insurance companies, banks and in some cases, governments.

Who are the biggest institutional investors of Pepsico? As you can see, only 10 of the investors own together nearly one third of the stock. The top 10 of investors together amount to a value of $59 billion dollars but out of those ten, only three own more stock than the other seven. Let’s remember them and look up who owns the most stocks of the Coca-Cola Company, the biggest competitor of Pepsi.

The biggest lump of stock is again owned by institutional investors. Let’s look at the top 10 and start at the bottom six of them. Four of these institutional investors we also saw at the bottom six of Pepsico. These are Northern Trust, JPMorgan-Chase, Geode Capital Management and Wellington Management. Now, let’s look at the four biggest stock owners. They are BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street. These are the world’s biggest investment firms, so Pepsico and Coca-Cola are not competitors, at all.

The other big companies that own a myriad of brand names, like Unilever, Mondelez and Nestlé are from the same small group of investors. But it’s not only in the food industry that their names come up. Let’s find out on Wikipedia, which are the biggest tech companies.

BIG TECH

Facebook is the owner of Whatsapp and Instagram. Together with Twitter, they form the most popular social media platforms. Alphabet is the parent of all Google companies, like YouTube and Gmail but they are also the biggest investor in Android, one of the two operating systems for nearly all smartphones and tablets. The other operating system is Apple’s IOS. If we add Microsoft, we see four companies making the software for nearly all computers, tablets and smartphones in the world.

Let’s see who are the biggest shareholders of these companies. Take Facebook: we see that 80% of the stock is owned by institutional investors. These are the same names that came up in the food industry; the same investors are in the top three. Next, is Twitter. It forms with Facebook and Instagram the top three. Surprisingly, this company is in the hands of the same investors, as well. We see them again, with Apple and even with their biggest competitor, Microsoft.

Also, if we look at other big companies in the tech industry that develop and make our computers, TVs, phones and home appliances, we see the same big investors, that together own the majority of the stock. It’s true for all industries. I’m not exaggerating.

THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY (AND ENERGY & MINING)

One last example, let’s book a holiday on a computer or smartphone. We search for a flight to a sunny country on Skyscanner or Expedia. Both are from the same small group of investors. We fly with one of the many airlines. Many of which are in the hands of the same investors and of governments, as is the case with Air France, KLM. The plane we board is, in most cases a Boeing or an Airbus, also owned by the same names. We book through Booking.com or AirBnB and when we arrive we go out for dinner and place a comment on Tripadvisor.

The same big investors show up in every aspect of our trip and their power is even bigger, because of the kerosene is from their oil companies or refineries. The steel from which the plane is made comes from their mining companies. This small group of investment firms and funds and banks are namely also the biggest investors in the industry that dig for raw materials.

Wikipedia shows that the biggest mining companies have the same big investors that we see everywhere. Also, the big agricultural businesses, on which the entire food industry depends; they own Bayer, the parent company of Monsanto, the biggest seed producer in the world but they are also the shareholders of the big textile industry. And even many popular fashion brands who make the clothing out of the cotton are owned by the same investors.

Whether we look at the world’s biggest solar panel companies or oil refineries, the stocks are in the hands of the same companies. They own the tobacco companies that produce all the popular tobacco brands but they also own all big pharmaceutical companies and the scientific institutions that produce medicine. They own the companies that produce our metals and also the entire car, plane and weapons industry, where a great deal of the metals and raw materials are used. The own the companies that build our electronics, they own the big warehouses and online markets and even the means of payments we use to buy their products.

To make this video as short as possible, I only showed you the tip of the iceberg. If you decide to research this with the sources I just showed you, then you will see that most popular insurance companies, banks, construction companies, telephone companies restaurant chains and cosmetics are owned by the same institutional investors we have just seen.

BLACKROCK & VANGUARD

These institutional investors are mainly investment firms banks and insurance companies. In turn, they, themselves are owned by shareholders and the most surprising thing is that they own each other’s stocks

Together, they form an immense network comparable to a pyramid. The smaller investors are owned by larger investors. Those are owned by even bigger investors. The visible top of this pyramid shows only two companies whose names we have often seen by now. They are Vanguard and BlackRock. The power of these two companies is beyond your imagination. Not only do they own a large part of the stocks of nearly all big companies but also the stocks of the investors in those companies. This gives them a complete monopoly.

A Bloomberg report states that both these companies in the year 2028, together will have investments in the amount of 20 trillion dollars. That means that they will own almost anything

Bloomberg calls BlackRock “The fourth branch of government”, because it’s the only private agency that closely works with the central banks. BlackRock lends money to the central bank but it’s also the advisor. It also develops the software the central bank uses. Many BlackRock employees were in the White House with Bush and Obama. Its CEO, Larry Fink can count on a warm welcome from leaders and politicians. Not so strange, if you know that he is the front man of the ruling company. But Larry Fink does not pull the strings, himself.

BlackRock, itself is also owned by shareholders. Who are those shareholders? We come to a strange conclusion. The biggest shareholder is Vanguard. But now he gets murky. Vanguard is a private company and we cannot see who the shareholders are. The elite who own Vanguard apparently do not like being in the spotlight but of course they cannot hide from who is willing to dig.

Reports from Oxfam and Bloomberg say that 1% of the world, together owns more money than the other 99%. Even worse, Oxfam says that 82% of all earned money in 2017 went to this 1%.

Forbes, the most famous business magazine says that in March 2020, there were 2,095 billionaires in the world. This means that Vanguard is owned by the richest families in the world. If we research their history, we see that they have always been the wealthiest. Some of them, even before the start of the Industrial Revolution, because their history is so interesting and extensive, I will make a sequel.

For now, I just want to say that these families of whom many are in royalty are the founders of our banking system and of every industry in the world, these families have never lost power but due to an increasing population, they had to hide behind firms, like Vanguard, which the stockholders are the private funds and non-profits of these families.

NGOs AND FOUNDATIONS AND THEIR OWNERSHIP OF BIG PHARMA

To clarify the picture, I have to explain briefly what non-profits actually are. These appear to be the link between companies, politics and media. This conceals the conflicts of interests a bit. Non-profits, also called “foundations” are dependent on donations they do not have to disclose who their donors are they can invest the money in the way they see fit and do not pay taxes as long as the profits are invested again in new projects. In this way, non-profits keep hundreds of billions of dollars among themselves according to the Australian government, non-profits are an ideal way of financing terrorists and of massive money-laundering.

The foundations and funds of the families that are the richest stay in the background as much as possible. For issues that get much attention, the foundation of philanthropists are used that are lower in rank but very rich.

I want to keep it short, so I will show you the three most important ones that connect all industries in the world. They are the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Open Society Foundation of the controversial multi-billionaire, Soros and the Clinton Foundation. I will give you a very short introduction to show you their power.

According to the website of the World Economic Forum, the Gates Foundation is the biggest sponsor of the WHO. That was after Donald Trump quit USA financial support to the WHO in 2020. So the Gates Foundation is one of the most influential entities in everything that concerns our health. The Gates Foundation works closely with the biggest pharma companies, among which are Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Biontech and Bayer.

And we have just seen who their biggest shareholders are. Bill Gates was not a poor computer nerd who miraculously became very rich. He’s from a philanthropist’s family that works for the absolute elite. His Microsoft is owned by Vanguard, BlackRock and Berkshire Hathaway. But the Gates Foundation, after BlackRock and Vanguard is the biggest shareholder in Berkshire Hathaway. He was even the member of the board there.

We would need hours if we wanted to uncover everything in which Gates, the Open Society Foundation of Soros and the Clinton Foundation are involved. They form a bridge to the current situation, so I had to introduce them.

THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA

We need to start the next topic with a question. Someone like me, who never makes videos can, with an old laptop objectively show that only two companies hold a monopoly in all industries in the world. My question is, why is this never talked about in the media?

We can choose daily between all sorts of documentaries and TV programs but none of them cover this subject. Is it not interesting enough or are there other interests at play? Wikipedia, again gives us the answer. They say that about 90% of the international media is owned by nine media conglomerates. Whether we take the monopolist Netflix and Amazon Prime or enormous concerns that own many daughter companies, like Time-Warner, the Walt Disney Company, Comcast, Fox Corporation, Bertelsmann and Viacom, CBS, we see that the same names own stocks.

These corporations not only make all the programs, movies and documentaries but also own the channels on which those are broadcast. So, not only the industries but also the information is owned by the elite.

I will show you briefly how this works in the Netherlands. To start with, all the Dutch mainstream media are owned by three companies. The first one is De PersGroep [DPG Media], the parent company of the following brands (. Apart from the many newspapers and magazines, they also own Sanoma, the parent company of some of the big commercial Dutch channels. Many media outlets from abroad, like VTM are also owned by the De PersGroep.

The second one is Mediahuis, one of Europe’s biggest media concerns. In the Netherlands, Mediahuis owns the following brands. Until 2017, also Sky Radio and Radio Veronica were owned by Mediahuis, as were Radio 538 and radio 10.

And then there is Bertelsmann, which is one of the 9 biggest media firms. This company owns RTL, that owns 45 television stations and 32 radio stations in 11 countries. But Bertelsmann is also co-owner of the world’s biggest book publisher, Penguin Random House.

The stocks of these companies are owned by private funds of three families. Those are the Belgian Van Thillo family, the Belgian Leysen family and the German Bertelsmann-Mohn family. All three families sided with the Nazis in the War.

According to Wikipedia, for this reason, the Telegraaf, the Leysen newspaper was temporarily forbidden in the Netherlands after the war.

THE FAKE NEWS

To complete this overview, look at where the news comes from. The daily news of all these media outlets the diverse news media do not produce news. They use information and footage from the press agencies, .ANP and Reuters. These agencies are not independent. .ANP is owned by Talpa, John de Mol. Thomson-Reuters is owned by the powerful Canadian Thomson family.

The most important journalists and editors working for these agencies are members of a journalism agency, like the European Journalism Centre. These are one of the biggest European sponsors of media-related projects. They educate journalists, publish study books, provide training spaces and press agencies and work closely together with the big corporations, Google and Facebook.

For journalistic analysis and views, the big media use Project Syndicate. This is the most powerful organization in the field. Project Syndicate and organizations like I mentioned are together with the press agencies. The link between all worldwide media outlets when news anchors reap from their autocues [teleprompters], chances are that the text stems from one of these organizations. That is the reason that worldwide media shows synchronicity in their reporting.

And look at the European journalism center, itself. Again, the Gates Foundation and the Open Society Foundation. They are also heavily-sponsored by Facebook, Google, the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Who sponsors the organization and press agencies that produce our news? With Project Syndicate, we see the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Open Society Foundation and the European Journalism Centre. The organizations that bring the news get paid by non-profit organizations, of the same elite that also owns the entire media but also a part of taxpayers money is used to pay them.

In Belgium, there are protests regularly, since Mediahuis and De Persgroep receive millions of euros from the government, while many are abroad…

THE DANGER WE ARE IN NOW

Well, this was a lot to chew on and I tried to make it as short as I could. I only used examples that I thought were necessary to create a clear overview. This helps to better understand our current situation, that can shed new light on past events

There will be enough time to dive into the past, but now let’s talk about today but my goal is to inform you about the danger we are in now. The elite governs every aspect of our lives, also, the information we get and they depend on a coordination, cooperation to connect all industries in the world to serve their interests. This is done through the World Economic Forum, among others, a very important organization.

Every year in Davos, the CEOs of big corporations meet national leaders, politicians and other influential parties, like UNICEF and Greenpeace. On the supervisory board of the WEF is former Vice President, Al Gore, our own minister, Sigrid Kaag, Feike Sijbesma, Chairman of the Royal Dutch State Mines and the Commissioner of the Dutch bank, Christine Lagarde, the Chairwoman of the European Central Bank. Also, politician, Ferdinand Grapperhaus’ son works for the WEF.

Wikipedia says that the annual fee for members is 35,000 euros “but over half of our budget comes from partners who pay the cost for politicians who otherwise could not afford membership.”

According to critics, the WEF is for rich businesses to do business with other businesses or with politicians. For most members, the WEF would support personal gain instead of being a means to solve the world’s problems. Why would there be many world problems if the industry leaders, bankers and politicians from 1971 onwards have gathered every year to solve the world’s problems?

Isn’t it illogical, that after 50 years of meetings between environmentalists and the CEOs of the most polluting companies, nature is gradually doing worse, not better; that those critics are right, it’s clear, when we look at the main partners that together make up more than half of the budget of the WEF. Because these are BlackRock, the Open Society foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and many big companies, from which Vanguard and BlackRock own the stocks.

Chairman and founder of the WEF is Klaus Schwab, a Swiss professor and businessman. In his book, The Great Reset, he writes about the plans of his organization. The coronavirus is, according to him a great “opportunity” to reset our societies. He calls it “Build Back Better”. The slogan is now on the lips of all Globalist politicians in the world.

Our old society must switch to a new one, says Schwab. The people own nothing but work for the state to have their primary needs met. The WEF says it’s necessary for the consumption society the elite forced upon us is not sustainable anymore. Schwab says in his book that we will never return to the old normal and the WEF published a video recently to make clear that by 2030, we will own nothing but we will be happy.

THE GREAT RESET = THE NEW WORLD ORDER

You probably heard of the New World Order. The media wants us to believe that this is a conspiracy theory, yet it has been talked about by leaders for decades. Not just George Bush Senior, Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela but also world-famous philanthropists, like Cecil Rhodes, David Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger and even George Soros.

The UN presented in 2015 their controversial Agenda 2030. It is almost identical to the Great Reset of Klaus Schwab. The UN wants to make sure, as does Schwab that in 2030, poverty, hunger, pollution and disease no longer plague the Earth.

Sounds nice but wait till you read the small print. The plan is that Agenda 2030 will be paid by us, the citizens. Just like they ask of us now to give away our rights for public health, they will ask us to give away our wealth to battle poverty. These are no conspiracy theories. It is on their official website. It comes down to this: The UN wants taxes from Western countries to be split by the mega corporations of the elite to create a brand new society. The new infrastructure, because fossil fuels are gone in 2030.

For this project, the UN says we need a world government, namely the UN, itself.

The UN agrees with Schwab that a pandemic is a golden chance to accelerate the implementation of Agenda 2030.

It is worrisome that the WEF and the UN openly admit that pandemics and other catastrophes can be used to reshape society. We must not think lightly about this and do thorough research.
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Rothschild’s Vote of Confidence: BlackRock Emerges as a Strategic Partner

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Rothschild, the renowned global investment bank, has recently placed its faith in BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm. This strategic partnership between two financial powerhouses signifies a significant development in the financial services industry. In this article, we delve into the details of Rothschild’s decision and explore the potential implications of this collaboration.

Rothschild’s Rationale

By aligning with BlackRock, Rothschild aims to tap into the extensive expertise and resources that the asset management giant possesses. The move showcases Rothschild’s recognition of BlackRock’s reputation for generating superior investment returns across a wide range of asset classes. Through this partnership, Rothschild aims to fortify its position as a leading global financial institution and enhance its ability to deliver exceptional investment advisory solutions to its clients.

BlackRock’s Strengths

BlackRock’s robust investment management capabilities, global reach, and vast array of financial products and services make it an attractive partner for Rothschild. With a presence in over 100 countries and managing trillions of dollars in assets, BlackRock has demonstrated its ability to navigate complex market conditions while producing consistent long-term performance. This strategic alliance further solidifies BlackRock’s standing as a preferred asset manager for top-tier financial institutions.

Collaborative Opportunities

The Rothschild-BlackRock partnership presents numerous collaborative opportunities across various areas of finance. Rothschild’s extensive network and deep industry knowledge, combined with BlackRock’s investment prowess and technology-driven approach, could result in innovative investment strategies, tailored wealth management solutions, and enhanced risk management frameworks. In an ever-changing financial landscape, this alliance positions both firms to adapt and thrive in the face of evolving market dynamics.

The Future Outlook

With Rothschild placing its faith in BlackRock, the two firms are poised to create a powerful force within the financial services industry This collaboration not only elevates Rothschild’s position in the market but also providesRock with an opportunity to deepen its relationships with important institutional clients. Moreover, the joint expertise of both firms may fuel advancements in sustainable investing, promoting responsible financial practices and shaping the future of responsible capitalism.

Rothschild’s decision to partner with BlackRock represents a significant move within the financial industry, solidifying both firms’ positions as leaders in their respective fields. By leveraging BlackRock’s investment acumen and global reach, Rothschild aims to enhance its advisory capabilities and better serve its clients. This alliance not only amplifies the potential for innovative investment solutions but also underscores the importance of collaboration and strategic partnerships amidst an ever-evolving financial landscape. As the partnership unfolds, the possibilities for growth and market influence for both Rothschild and BlackRock are set to expand, reshaping the future of finance.
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Student housing is the bubble that won’t burst

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Cat Rutter PooleyDecember 1 2022

What do you get when a private equity-fuelled feeding frenzy meets an affordability crisis? The answer is no joke for the UK’s student population.

Student property has been the sort of market that private equity dreams are made of: a sector with a structural supply imbalance, supported by resilient demand from wealthy foreign students and well-off middle-class parents who prioritise spending on their offspring’s education.

Even a downturn in the rest of the property market doesn’t look like it will do much to reduce housing costs in this area.

Private equity has piled in to purpose-built student accommodation alongside traditional infrastructure investors. Some of the prices paid over the past couple of years look pretty frothy. Last year APG and Blackstone paid the equivalent of £280,000 a bed when they bought a portfolio in London and the south east. In February 2020, Blackstone paid £4.7bn to buy IQ Student Accommodation from Goldman Sachs in the UK’s largest private real estate deal. Even as the economic outlook started to turn this year, US developer Greystar and Singaporean wealth fund GIC agreed to stump up £3.3bn for the Student Roost portfolio.

But there are a whole host of reasons for the mess in the sector, and it’s hard to imagine it getting cleared up any time soon. That is good news for investors and bad for students on increasingly stretched finances.

On the demand side, the end of a demographic dip means the number of domestic students is likely to rise for the rest of the decade. And however hostile the government’s anti-immigration rhetoric might be to international students, cracking down on the 22 per cent of students who pay 44 per cent of university tuition fees would create a funding headache for the sector that politicians would probably prefer to steer clear of.

Supply-wise, non-professional landlords have been pushed out by tougher rules on HMOs — houses in multiple occupation — as well as by unfavourable stamp duty changes, new efficiency standards and renters’ rights reforms. Local authorities have tightened planning processes because students are unpopular neighbours, particularly after years of rapid expansion of university rolls. Universities have left the private sector to pick up the slack, but rising construction costs, interest rates and inflation have stymied development plans.

That means, unlike some other commercial real estate sectors, rents are likely to keep rising — and by more than they did last year, when uncertainty over the post-Covid return to campus inhibited increases. Listed provider Unite last month forecast growth of 4.5-5 per cent in the next academic year from 3.5 per cent this year. That will help limit valuation declines — and is one of the reasons that Unite and rival Empiric have outperformed rival real estate investment trusts over the year so far.

Still, student property is still property. It might not be as cyclical as other types of commercial real estate, but valuations will take a hit from rising gilt yields and the higher cost of debt. James Hanmer of broker Savills notes that private equity has started submitting “soft bids” for assets. Deal volumes have dried up, which may bode badly for year-end valuations that will have to be done off the basis of nervous sector sentiment rather than actual transactions. The number of properties likely to be treated as “prime” — where landlords can be sure of pushing through healthy price increases and still achieving full occupancy will fall.

Supply shortages have been particularly acute in places such as Bristol, Edinburgh and Manchester. Rents there have been rising above the rate that student maintenance loans are increasing, thanks to a quirk in how those are calculated.

There is the potential for pernicious consequences for access to higher education. The average private sector rent outside London eats up almost three-quarters of the maximum student maintenance loan, according to real estate services group Cushman & Wakefield, and most students aren’t eligible for the maximum. Some of the most prestigious universities may be increasingly out of reach to poorer students who don’t live locally.

The era of cheap money created many bubbles. The issue for students is that it is hard to see this being one that bursts to their benefit.

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BlackRock’s assets under management surge to record $11.5tn
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Shares hit new peak as a rebound in markets boosts results for the world’s largest money manager
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Revenues at BlackRock rose 15% to $5.2bn, surpassing analysts’ expectations © Bloomberg

BlackRock’s assets under management topped $11tn for the first time — sending its shares to a new peak — as the world’s largest money manager benefited from a rally in markets and attracted record new cash from investors.

The inflows helped push revenues up 15 per cent to $5.2bn, surpassing analysts’ expectations. Improved margins lifted the group’s net income to $1.63bn.

Assets rose 8 per cent during the quarter to $11.5tn from $10.6tn three months earlier, powered by $160bn in long-term flows and investors pouring an additional $61bn into its cash management products.

The prospect of the US Federal Reserve cutting interest rates attracted money into bond funds, while the S&P 500 climbed 5.5 per cent in the quarter.

BlackRock’s chief executive Larry Fink predicted his firm’s growth would continue. “We expect momentum to further build to year’s end and into 2025,” he told analysts on an earnings call. “Investors will have to re-risk to meet their long-term return needs.”

“Our strategy is ambitious and our strategy is working . . . I have never felt more optimistic,” he said. “Capital markets are becoming a bigger and bigger part of the global economy.”

Analysts polled by Bloomberg had expected revenue of $5bn. Adjusted operating income rose 26 per cent to $2.1bn, beating expectations of just under $2bn.

BlackRock shares closed 3.6 per cent higher on Friday at a record $990.26, surpassing their previous peak set in November 2021.

The bulk of the new investor money went into the low-cost exchange traded funds and index products that are BlackRock’s bread and butter. But New York-based BlackRock is making a concerted push into alternative assets, which command much higher fees.

“What we see is a blending of public and private markets . . . clients are going to be shifting between public and private,” Fink said. “They aren’t alternatives, they are just part of the market.”

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BlackRock’s $12.5bn purchase of Global Infrastructure Partners closed after the quarter ended. That has now added a further $116bn in assets to the money manager’s $11.5tn pile and doubled BlackRock’s fees from managing private market assets, chief financial officer Martin Small said. BlackRock expects its £2.55bn purchase of Preqin, a private markets data provider, to close around the end of 2024.

The Financial Times reported this week that BlackRock was one of several groups looking into a possible purchase of HPS, a private credit manager that spun out of JPMorgan.

Small told analysts that the firm would consider doing more deals but that it would be “prudent with our capital . . . We do not need M&A to meet our growth targets” of 5 per cent annual fee growth.

Jefferies analyst Daniel Fannon called the results “strong” and Kyle Sanders at Edward Jones wrote that the numbers were “impressive . . . we believe the rotation of money from cash to fixed income and equity products . . . provides a positive near-term catalyst”.
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Keir Starmer meets BlackRock boss Larry Fink in Downing Street

Discussions between ministers and asset manager’s board covered regulatory delays and boosting UK growth

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Sir Keir Starmer has held talks in Downing Street with BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink, as the UK prime minister seeks to rebuild relations with business leaders after last month’s tax-raising Budget.
Several executives from the board of the world’s largest asset manager — including Mark Wilson, former boss of insurer Aviva, and Chuck Robbins, CEO of tech group Cisco — joined the meeting in Number 10 alongside chancellor Rachel Reeves and investment minister Poppy Gustaffsson on Thursday.
Starmer and Reeves asked for suggestions to boost growth rather than giving a sales pitch, according to people in the meeting.
BlackRock executives expressed concerns about regulatory delays for businesses, and urged the government to make it easier for global companies to compete in the UK, according to people with knowledge of the discussion.
The prime minister responded by outlining his plan to overhaul British regulators, streamline regulatory approval processes and make the regulatory framework more consistent, the people added.
He told the executives that a new unit in the UK Treasury would be set up to co-ordinate this work across government, according to officials at the meeting.
The UK government has been trying to win back business support after a Budget that raised £40bn in taxes and heaped more costs on to businesses, including a £25bn increase in employers’ national insurance contributions.
Starmer and Reeves both spent years in opposition wooing corporate leaders via a series of regular meetings, with the Labour leadership promising greater stability and a more pro-business approach than the previous Tory administration.
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves with Larry Fink at No 10 © Simon Dawson/No 10 Downing Street
Yet Labour’s promise to work in lockstep with the corporate world has been tested by the tax rises in the Budget, a package of workers’ rights reforms costing companies up to £5bn, and a jump in the minimum wage.
Starmer has insisted that his government will help companies by restoring stability to public finances, forcing regulators to take a more pro-growth approach, and consolidating small pension schemes to try to boost investment in UK infrastructure.
After the meeting, the prime minister said he welcomed BlackRock’s insights into “how we can put the UK on the world’s stage as a top investment destination” and turbo-charge growth.
BlackRock has this week been holding a series of board meetings in London — for the first time in 10 years — in what the government described as a “vote of confidence” in the UK. Around half the board stayed for the Downing Street meeting.
Fink has previously given his support to Labour, saying in October 2023 that Starmer had brought a “measurement of hope” to UK politics and demonstrated “great strength” in taking the party to the centre ground.
He said after the Number 10 meeting that he was “very proud of BlackRock’s long-standing UK presence”. The company has nearly 4,000 employees in the UK with offices in London, Edinburgh and — from next year — Birmingham.
The company, which has $11.5tn in assets under management globally, manages the retirement savings of more than 13mn people in the UK, including pension funds for British Airways, Rolls-Royce and Royal Mail.
Fink has largely steered clear of politics in recent years. He donated to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and gave to two Senate campaigns in 2022 — one Democrat and one Republican — but he has not donated in the 2024 cycle, according to OpenSecrets.com.
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