BlackRock's Larry Fink goes bullish on Europe ahead of US 'Liberation Day'

No mention of DE&I

Eve Maddock-Jones
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CEO of BlackRock Larry Fink has said that Europe is “waking up” in his annual letter to shareholders, after years of mammoth political and policy change across the region.

In the letter, the co-founder addressed the changing and ever demanding state of global markets and economics up top, stating that from virtually "every client, nearly every leader – nearly every person – I talk to, they are more anxious about the economy than any time in recent memory". The Big Question: How are you managing concentration risk? His words come just days before US President Donald Trump is set to enact a swathe of currently unknown tariffs, adding to the long list he has already brought out against his country's major trading rivals and allies. Th policies have swep...

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