Edwin Conway on BlackRock Alternative Investors (Podcast)

Masters in Business

Bloomberg

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

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🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with Edwin Conway, the global head of BlackRock Alternative Investors (BAI). BAI, one of the fastest-growing parts of the investment giant BlackRock – which is itself the world’s largest asset manager, with $9.46 trillion in assets under management – manages more than $300 billion and has more than 1,000 employees. Conway chairs the BAI Executive Committee and oversees the strategic direction of BlackRock’s Alternatives platform.

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0:00.0	This is Mesters in Business with Barry Redholz on Bloomberg Radio.
0:09.4	This week on the podcast, man, I have an extra special guest.
0:14.2	Edwin Conway runs all of Alternatives for Black Rocks.
0:18.8	His title is Global Head of Alternative Investors and he covers everything from structured
0:25.6	credit to real estate, to hedge funds, to you name it.
0:29.8	The group runs over $300 billion and he has been a driving force into making this a substantial
0:37.5	portion of Black Rocks $9 trillion in total assets.
0:43.4	The opportunity set that exists for alternatives, even for a firm like Black Rock that specializes
0:50.1	in public markets is potentially huge and Black Rock wants a big piece of it.
0:55.7	I found this conversation to be absolutely fascinating and I think you will also.
1:00.9	So with no further ado, my conversation with Black Rocks head of Alternatives, Edwin Conway.
1:06.9	This is Mesters in Business with Barry Redholz on Bloomberg Radio.
1:15.9	My extra special guest this week is Edwin Conway.
1:19.5	He is the Global Head of Black Rocks Alternative Investors, which runs about $300 billion
1:25.9	in assets.
1:26.9	He is a team of over $1100 professionals to help him manage those assets.
1:32.7	Black Rocks Global Alternatives include businesses that cover real estate, infrastructure, hedge
1:38.3	funds, private equity and credit.
1:41.1	He is a Senior Managing Director for Black Rock, Edwin Conway.
1:46.1	Welcome to Bloomberg.
1:47.1	Barry, thank you for having me.
1:49.6	So you've been in the financial services industry for a long time.
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