blk-10q_20160930.htm

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the transition period from                                 to                                 .

Commission file number 001-33099

 

BlackRock, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

32-0174431

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

    (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(212) 810-5300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

 

Yes

 

X

 

No

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

 

 

Yes

 

X

 

No

 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or, a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer           X      

Accelerated filer                      

Non-accelerated filer               

Smaller reporting company                  

(Do not check if a smaller

reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

No

 

X

 

As of October 31, 2016, there were 162,069,345 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

 

 


BlackRock, Inc.

Index to Form 10-Q

PART I

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition

1

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

2

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

3

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

4

 

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

6

 

 

 

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

7

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

35

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

65

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

67

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

68

 

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

69

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

70

 

 

 

i


PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.     Financial Statements

BlackRock, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition

(unaudited)

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(in millions, except shares and per share data)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

5,454

 

 

$

6,083

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

2,601

 

 

 

2,237

 

Investments

 

 

1,731

 

 

 

1,578

 

Assets of consolidated variable interest entities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

161

 

 

 

148

 

Investments

 

 

1,411

 

 

 

1,030

 

Other assets

 

 

183

 

 

 

67

 

Separate account assets

 

 

153,330

 

 

 

150,851

 

Separate account collateral held under securities lending agreements

 

 

29,839

 

 

 

31,336

 

Property and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation of $631 and $570 at September 30, 2016

   and December 31, 2015, respectively)

 

 

564

 

 

 

581

 

Intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization of $820 and $745 at September 30, 2016

   and December 31, 2015, respectively)

 

 

17,387

 

 

 

17,372

 

Goodwill

 

 

13,124

 

 

 

13,123

 

Other assets

 

 

954

 

 

 

855

 

Total assets

 

$

226,739

 

 

$

225,261

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued compensation and benefits

 

$

1,481

 

 

$

1,971

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

1,354

 

 

 

1,068

 

Liabilities of consolidated variable interest entities

 

 

272

 

 

 

177

 

Borrowings

 

 

4,961

 

 

 

4,930

 

Separate account liabilities

 

 

153,330

 

 

 

150,851

 

Separate account collateral liabilities under securities lending agreements

 

 

29,839

 

 

 

31,336

 

Deferred income tax liabilities

 

 

4,832

 

 

 

4,851

 

Other liabilities

 

 

1,109

 

 

 

1,033

 

Total liabilities

 

 

197,178

 

 

 

196,217

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temporary equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

600

 

 

 

464

 

Permanent Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock, Inc. stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value;

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

Shares authorized: 500,000,000 at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares issued: 171,252,185 at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding: 162,271,222 and 163,461,064 at September 30, 2016 and

December 31, 2015, respectively

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock (Note 15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

19,236

 

 

 

19,405

 

Retained earnings

 

 

13,183

 

 

 

12,033

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(598

)

 

 

(448

)

Treasury stock, common, at cost (8,980,963  and 7,791,121 shares held at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively)

 

 

(2,919

)

 

 

(2,489

)

Total BlackRock, Inc. stockholders’ equity

 

 

28,904

 

 

 

28,503

 

Nonredeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

57

 

 

 

77

 

Total permanent equity

 

 

28,961

 

 

 

28,580

 

Total liabilities, temporary equity and permanent equity

 

$

226,739

 

 

$

225,261

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

1


BlackRock, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

(in millions, except shares and per share data)

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment advisory, administration fees and securities lending revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Related parties

 

$

1,768

 

 

$

1,719

 

 

$

5,098

 

 

$

5,166

 

Other third parties

 

 

778

 

 

 

737

 

 

 

2,296

 

 

 

2,214

 

Total investment advisory, administration fees and

   securities lending revenue

 

 

2,546

 

 

 

2,456

 

 

 

7,394

 

 

 

7,380

 

Investment advisory performance fees

 

 

58

 

 

 

208

 

 

 

166

 

 

 

452

 

BlackRock Solutions and advisory

 

 

174

 

 

 

167

 

 

 

517

 

 

 

475

 

Distribution fees

 

 

10

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

44

 

Other revenue

 

 

49

 

 

 

65

 

 

 

156

 

 

 

187

 

Total revenue

 

 

2,837

 

 

 

2,910

 

 

 

8,265

 

 

 

8,538

 

Expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee compensation and benefits

 

 

969

 

 

 

1,023

 

 

 

2,893

 

 

 

3,016

 

Distribution and servicing costs

 

 

114

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

320

 

 

 

306

 

Amortization of deferred sales commissions

 

 

8

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

37

 

Direct fund expense

 

 

200

 

 

 

198

 

 

 

583

 

 

 

578

 

General and administration

 

 

312

 

 

 

319

 

 

 

946

 

 

 

970

 

Restructuring charge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

25

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

104

 

Total expense

 

 

1,628

 

 

 

1,688

 

 

 

4,920

 

 

 

5,011

 

Operating income

 

 

1,209

 

 

 

1,222

 

 

 

3,345

 

 

 

3,527

 

Nonoperating income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on investments

 

 

31

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

49

 

 

 

59

 

Interest and dividend income

 

 

22

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

21

 

Interest expense

 

 

(52

)

 

 

(50

)

 

 

(154

)

 

 

(153

)

Total nonoperating income (expense)

 

 

1

 

 

 

(48

)

 

 

(72

)

 

 

(73

)

Income before income taxes

 

 

1,210

 

 

 

1,174

 

 

 

3,273

 

 

 

3,454

 

Income tax expense

 

 

333

 

 

 

342

 

 

 

954

 

 

 

971

 

Net income

 

 

877

 

 

 

832

 

 

 

2,319

 

 

 

2,483

 

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling

   interests

 

 

2

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(1

)

Net income attributable to BlackRock, Inc.

 

$

875

 

 

$

843

 

 

$

2,321

 

 

$

2,484

 

Earnings per share attributable to BlackRock, Inc.

   common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

5.33

 

 

$

5.08

 

 

$

14.09

 

 

$

14.91

 

Diluted

 

$

5.26

 

 

$

5.00

 

 

$

13.92

 

 

$

14.68

 

Cash dividends declared and paid per share

 

$

2.29

 

 

$

2.18

 

 

$

6.87

 

 

$

6.54

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

164,129,214

 

 

 

166,045,291

 

 

 

164,756,355

 

 

 

166,579,805

 

Diluted

 

 

166,256,598

 

 

 

168,665,303

 

 

 

166,760,912

 

 

 

169,157,188

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

2


BlackRock, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

(in millions)

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Net income

 

$

877

 

 

$

832

 

 

$

2,319

 

 

$

2,483

 

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized gains (losses) from

   available-for-sale investments, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized holding gains (losses)(1)

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3

)

Less: reclassification adjustment

   included in net income(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

Net change from available-for-sale investments

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

(3

)

Benefit plans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Foreign currency translation adjustments(2)

 

 

(38

)

 

 

(67

)

 

 

(151

)

 

 

(131

)

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(38

)

 

 

(69

)

 

 

(150

)

 

 

(135

)

Comprehensive income

 

 

839

 

 

 

763

 

 

 

2,169

 

 

 

2,348

 

Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to

   noncontrolling interests

 

 

2

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(1

)

Comprehensive income attributable to BlackRock, Inc.

 

$

837

 

 

$

774

 

 

$

2,171

 

 

$

2,349

 

 

(1)

The tax benefit (expense) was not material for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

(2) 

Amounts for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 include losses from a net investment hedge of $5 million (net of a tax benefit of $4 million) and $2 million, respectively. Amounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 include losses from a net investment hedge of $16 million (net of a tax benefit of $10 million) and gains of $5 million (net of tax of $4 million), respectively.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

3


BlackRock, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

(unaudited)

 

(in millions)

 

Additional

Paid-in

Capital(1)

 

 

Retained

Earnings

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Income (Loss)

 

 

Treasury

Stock

Common

 

 

Total

BlackRock

Stockholders’

Equity

 

 

Nonredeemable

Noncontrolling

Interests

 

 

Total

Permanent

Equity

 

 

Redeemable

Noncontrolling

Interests /

Temporary

Equity

 

December 31, 2015

 

$

19,407

 

 

$

12,033

 

 

$

(448

)

 

$

(2,489

)

 

$

28,503

 

 

$

77

 

 

$

28,580

 

 

$

464

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

2,321

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,321

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

2,319

 

 

 

 

Dividends paid

 

 

 

 

 

(1,171

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,171

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,171

)

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

408

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

408

 

 

 

 

 

 

408

 

 

 

 

PNC preferred stock capital contribution

 

 

172

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

172

 

 

 

 

 

 

172

 

 

 

 

Retirement of preferred stock

 

 

(172

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(172

)

 

 

 

 

 

(172

)

 

 

 

Issuance of common shares related to employee stock

   transactions

 

 

(654

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

688

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

Employee tax withholdings related to employee stock

   transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(268

)

 

 

(268

)

 

 

 

 

 

(268

)

 

 

 

Shares repurchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(850

)

 

 

(850

)

 

 

 

 

 

(850

)

 

 

 

Net tax benefit (shortfall) from stock-based

   compensation

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

Subscriptions (redemptions/ distributions) —

   noncontrolling interest holders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(18

)

 

 

(18

)

 

 

1,017

 

Net consolidations (deconsolidations) of sponsored

   investment funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(881

)

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(150

)

 

 

 

 

 

(150

)

 

 

 

 

 

(150

)

 

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

$

19,238

 

 

$

13,183

 

 

$

(598

)

 

$

(2,919

)

 

$

28,904

 

 

$

57

 

 

$

28,961

 

 

$

600

 

 

(1) 

Amounts include $2 million of common stock at both September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

4


BlackRock, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity

(unaudited)

 

(in millions)

 

Additional

Paid-in

Capital(1)

 

 

Retained

Earnings

 

 

Appropriated

Retained

Earnings

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Income (Loss)

 

 

Treasury

Stock

Common

 

 

Total

BlackRock

Stockholders’

Equity

 

 

Nonredeemable

Noncontrolling

Interests

 

 

Total

Permanent

Equity

 

 

Redeemable

Noncontrolling

Interests /

Temporary

Equity

 

December 31, 2014

 

$

19,388

 

 

$

10,164

 

 

$

(19

)

 

$

(273

)

 

$

(1,894

)

 

$

27,366

 

 

$

119

 

 

$

27,485

 

 

$

35

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

2,484

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,484

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

2,487

 

 

 

(4

)

Net consolidation (deconsolidation) of VIEs due to adoption

   of new accounting pronouncement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

11

 

 

 

194

 

Dividends paid

 

 

 

 

 

(1,115

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,115

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,115

)

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

397

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

397

 

 

 

 

 

 

397

 

 

 

 

Issuance of common shares related

   to employee stock transactions

 

 

(542

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

629

 

 

 

87

 

 

 

 

 

 

87

 

 

 

 

Employee tax withholdings related to

   employee stock transactions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(228

)

 

 

(228

)

 

 

 

 

 

(228

)

 

 

 

Shares repurchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(825

)

 

 

(825

)

 

 

 

 

 

(825

)

 

 

 

Net tax benefit (shortfall) from

   stock-based compensation

 

 

86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

86

 

 

 

 

 

 

86

 

 

 

 

Subscriptions (redemptions/ distributions)-

   noncontrolling interest holders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(21

)

 

 

(21

)

 

 

298

 

Net consolidations (deconsolidations)

   of sponsored investment funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(265

)

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(135

)

 

 

 

 

 

(135

)

 

 

 

 

 

(135

)

 

 

 

September 30, 2015

 

$

19,329

 

 

$

11,533

 

 

$

 

 

$

(408

)

 

$

(2,318

)

 

$

28,136

 

 

$

87

 

 

$

28,223

 

 

$

258

 

 

(1) 

Amounts include $2 million of common stock at both September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

5


are BlackRock, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

(in millions)

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

2,319

 

 

$

2,483

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

171

 

 

 

196

 

Amortization of deferred sales commissions

 

 

27

 

 

 

37

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

408

 

 

 

397

 

Deferred income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(73

)

Other gains

 

 

 

 

 

(40

)

Net (gains) losses on nontrading investments

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

Assets and liabilities of consolidated VIEs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(127

)

 

 

(26

)

Net (gains) losses within consolidated VIEs

 

 

(34

)

 

 

(2

)

Net (purchases) proceeds within consolidated VIEs

 

 

(855

)

 

 

(169

)

(Earnings) losses from equity method investees

 

 

(71

)

 

 

(59

)

Distributions of earnings from equity method investees

 

 

16

 

 

 

32

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

(336

)

 

 

(461

)

Investments, trading

 

 

(278

)

 

 

(402

)

Other assets

 

 

(114

)

 

 

(264

)

Accrued compensation and benefits

 

 

(484

)

 

 

(313

)

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

309

 

 

 

287

 

Other liabilities

 

 

17

 

 

 

214

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

962

 

 

 

1,847

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of investments

 

 

(292

)

 

 

(329

)

Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments

 

 

215

 

 

 

461

 

Distributions of capital from equity method investees

 

 

26

 

 

 

56

 

Net consolidations (deconsolidations) of sponsored investment funds

 

 

(74

)

 

 

(82

)

Acquisitions

 

 

(30

)

 

 

(88

)

Purchases of property and equipment

 

 

(88

)

 

 

(160

)

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

(243

)

 

 

(142

)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from long-term borrowings

 

 

 

 

 

787

 

Repayments of long-term borrowings

 

 

 

 

 

(750

)

Cash dividends paid

 

 

(1,171

)

 

 

(1,115

)

Proceeds from stock options exercised

 

 

26

 

 

 

79

 

Repurchases of common stock

 

 

(1,118

)

 

 

(1,053

)

Net (redemptions/distributions paid)/subscriptions received from noncontrolling

   interest holders

 

 

999

 

 

 

277

 

Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

 

 

81

 

 

 

86

 

Other financing activities

 

 

3

 

 

 

(11

)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

(1,180

)

 

 

(1,700

)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(168

)

 

 

(55

)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(629

)

 

 

(50

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

 

6,083

 

 

 

5,723

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

5,454

 

 

$

5,673

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

144

 

 

$

139

 

Income taxes (net of refunds)

 

$

910

 

 

$

1,013

 

Supplemental schedule of noncash investing and financing transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of common stock

 

$

654

 

 

$

542

 

PNC preferred stock capital contribution

 

$

172

 

 

$

 

Increase (decrease) in noncontrolling interests due to net consolidation (deconsolidation) of

   sponsored investment funds

 

$

(881

)

 

$

(85

)

Increase (decrease) in borrowings due to consolidation/deconsolidation of VIEs

 

$

 

 

$

(3,389

)

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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BlackRock, Inc.

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

 

1.  Business Overview

BlackRock, Inc. (together, with its subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise indicates, “BlackRock” or the “Company”) is a leading publicly traded investment management firm providing a broad range of investment and risk management services to institutional and retail clients worldwide.

BlackRock’s diverse platform of active (alpha) and index (beta) investment strategies across asset classes enables the Company to tailor investment outcomes and asset allocation solutions for clients. Product offerings include single- and multi-asset class portfolios investing in equities, fixed income, alternatives and money market instruments. Products are offered directly and through intermediaries in a variety of vehicles, including open-end and closed-end mutual funds, iShares® exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), separate accounts, collective investment funds and other pooled investment vehicles. BlackRock also offers the BlackRock Solutions® investment and risk management technology platform, Aladdin®, risk analytics and advisory services and solutions to a broad base of institutional investors.

At September 30, 2016, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”) held 21.3% of the Company’s voting common stock and 22.0% of the Company’s capital stock, which includes outstanding common and nonvoting preferred stock.

 

 

2.  Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation.    These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and include the accounts of the Company and its controlled subsidiaries. Noncontrolling interests on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition represents the portion of consolidated sponsored investment funds in which the Company does not have direct equity ownership. Accounts and transactions between consolidated entities have been eliminated.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Certain financial information that normally is included in annual financial statements, including certain financial statement footnotes, is not required for interim reporting purposes and has been condensed or omitted herein. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes related thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 26, 2016 (“2015 Form 10-K”).

The interim financial information at September 30, 2016 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 is unaudited. However, in the opinion of management, the interim information includes all normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s results for the periods presented. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year.

Certain items previously reported have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments. In September 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2015-16, Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments (“ASU 2015-16”).  Under ASU 2015-16, an acquirer must recognize, upon determination, adjustments to the original amounts recorded for a business acquisition that are identified during the one-year period following the acquisition date. Previously, prior period information was required to be restated.  The Company adopted ASU 2015-16 prospectively on January 1, 2016 and will apply the ASU to any adjustments related to business acquisitions.

Transition to Equity Method Accounting. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-07, Simplifying the Transition to the Equity Method of Accounting (“ASU 2016-07”). ASU 2016-07 eliminates the requirement to apply the equity

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method of accounting retrospectively to an investment that subsequently qualifies for such accounting as a result of obtaining significant influence.  The Company adopted ASU 2016-07 prospectively on January 1, 2016.

Fair Value Measurements.

Hierarchy of Fair Value Inputs.    The Company uses a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. Assets and liabilities measured and reported at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following categories:

Level 1 Inputs:

Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the reporting date.

 

Level 1 assets may include listed mutual funds, ETFs, listed equities and certain exchange-traded derivatives.

Level 2 Inputs:

Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities that are not active; quotes from pricing services or brokers for which the Company can determine that orderly transactions took place at the quoted price or that the inputs used to arrive at the price are observable; and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable, such as models or other valuation methodologies.

 

Level 2 assets may include debt securities, investments in collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”), short-term floating-rate notes, asset-backed securities, securities held within consolidated hedge funds, restricted public securities valued at a discount, as well as over-the-counter derivatives, including interest and inflation rate swaps and foreign currency exchange contracts that have inputs to the valuations that generally can be corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 Inputs:

Unobservable inputs for the valuation of the asset or liability, which may include nonbinding broker quotes. Level 3 assets include investments for which there is little, if any, market activity. These inputs require significant management judgment or estimation.

 

Level 3 assets may include direct private equity investments held within consolidated funds and investments in CLOs.

 

Level 3 liabilities include contingent liabilities related to acquisitions valued primarily based upon discounted cash flow analysis using unobservable market data.

Significance of Inputs.    The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the financial instrument.

Valuation Techniques.    The fair values of certain Level 3 assets and liabilities were determined using various methodologies as appropriate, including third-party pricing vendors, broker quotes and market and income approaches. Such quotes and modeled prices are evaluated for reasonableness through various procedures, including due diligence reviews of third-party pricing vendors, variance analyses, consideration of the current market environment and other analytical procedures.

A significant number of inputs used to value equity, debt securities and investments in CLOs is sourced from third-party pricing vendors. Generally, prices obtained from pricing vendors are categorized as Level 1 inputs for identical securities traded in active markets or as Level 2 for other similar securities if the vendor uses observable inputs in determining the price. Annually, BlackRock’s internal valuation committee or other designated groups review both the valuation methodologies, including the general assumptions and methods used to value various asset classes, and operational processes with these vendors. On a quarterly basis, meetings are held with key vendors to identify any significant changes to the vendors’ processes.

In addition, quotes obtained from brokers generally are nonbinding and categorized as Level 3 inputs. However, if the Company is able to determine that market participants have transacted for the asset in an orderly manner near the quoted price or if the Company can determine that the inputs used by the broker are observable, the quote is classified as a Level 2 input.

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Investments Measured at Net Asset Values.    As a practical expedient, the Company uses NAV as the fair value for certain investments. The inputs to value these investments may include BlackRock capital accounts for its partnership interests in various alternative investments, including hedge funds, real assets and private equity funds, which may be adjusted by using the returns of certain market indices. The various partnerships generally are investment companies, which record their underlying investments at fair value based on fair value policies established by management of the underlying fund. Fair value policies at the underlying fund generally require the fund to utilize pricing/valuation information from third-party sources, including independent appraisals. However, in some instances, current valuation information for illiquid securities or securities in markets that are not active may not be available from any third-party source or fund management may conclude that the valuations that are available from third-party sources are not reliable. In these instances, fund management may perform model-based analytical valuations that could be used as an input to value these investments.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.    The Company does not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. The Company uses derivative financial instruments primarily for purposes of hedging exposures to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates of certain assets and liabilities, and market exposures for certain seed investments.  However, certain consolidated sponsored investment funds may also invest in derivatives as a part of their investment strategy.

Changes in the fair value of the Company’s derivative financial instruments are recognized in earnings and, where applicable, are offset by the corresponding gain or loss on the related foreign currency-denominated assets or liabilities or hedged investments, on the condensed consolidated statements of income.

The Company may also use financial instruments designated as net investment hedges for accounting purposes to hedge net investments in international subsidiaries whose functional currency is different from U.S. dollars. The gain or loss from revaluing accounting hedges of net investments in foreign operations at the spot rate is deferred and reported within accumulated other comprehensive income on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition. The Company reassesses the effectiveness of its net investment hedge on a quarterly basis.

Money Market Fee Waivers.    The Company is currently voluntarily waiving a portion of its management fees on certain money market funds to ensure that they maintain a minimum level of daily net investment income (the “Yield Support waivers”). During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, these waivers resulted in a reduction of management fees of approximately $17 million and $42 million, respectively.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, these waivers resulted in a reduction of management fees of approximately $32 million and $112 million, respectively.  Approximately 45% of year-to-date Yield Support waivers for both nine months ended September 30, 2016, and 2015 were offset by a reduction of BlackRock’s distribution and servicing costs paid to a financial intermediary.  BlackRock has provided Yield Support waivers in prior periods and may increase or decrease the level of fee waivers in future periods.

Separate Account Assets and Liabilities.    Separate account assets are maintained by BlackRock Life Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, which is a registered life insurance company in the United Kingdom, and represent segregated assets held for purposes of funding individual and group pension contracts. The life insurance company does not underwrite any insurance contracts that involve any insurance risk transfer from the insured to the life insurance company. The separate account assets primarily include equity securities, debt securities, money market funds and derivatives. The separate account assets are not subject to general claims of the creditors of BlackRock. These separate account assets and the related equal and offsetting liabilities are recorded as separate account assets and separate account liabilities on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition.

The net investment income attributable to separate account assets supporting individual and group pension contracts accrues directly to the contract owner and is not reported on the condensed consolidated statements of income. While BlackRock has no economic interest in these separate account assets and liabilities, BlackRock earns policy administration and management fees associated with these products, which are included in investment advisory, administration fees and securities lending revenue on the condensed consolidated statements of income.

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Separate Account Collateral Assets Held and Liabilities Under Securities Lending Agreements.    The Company facilitates securities lending arrangements whereby securities held by separate accounts maintained by BlackRock Life Limited are lent to third parties under global master securities lending agreements. In exchange, the Company receives legal title to the collateral with minimum values generally ranging from approximately 102% to 112% of the value of the securities lent in order to reduce counterparty risk. The required collateral value is calculated on a daily basis. The global master securities lending agreements provide the Company the right to request additional collateral or, in the event of borrower default, the right to liquidate collateral. The securities lending transactions entered into by the Company are accompanied by an agreement that entitles the Company to request the borrower to return the securities at any time; therefore, these transactions are not reported as sales.

The Company records on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition the cash and noncash collateral received under these BlackRock Life Limited securities lending arrangements as its own asset in addition to an equal and offsetting collateral liability for the obligation to return the collateral. The securities lending revenue earned from lending securities held by the separate accounts is included in investment advisory, administration fees and securities lending revenue on the condensed consolidated statements of income.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, the Company had not resold or repledged any of the collateral received under these arrangements. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the fair value of loaned securities held by separate accounts was approximately $27.5 billion and $28.8 billion, respectively, and the fair value of the collateral held under these securities lending agreements was approximately $29.8 billion and $31.3 billion, respectively.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Revenue from Contracts with Customers.    In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2014-09”). ASU 2014-09 outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-08, Principal Versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross Versus Net) (“ASU 2016-08”). ASU 2016-08 amends the principal-versus-agent implementation guidance in ASU 2014-09, impacting whether an entity reports revenue on a gross or net basis.

In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-10, Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing (“ASU 2016-10”).   ASU 2016-10 clarifies aspects of ASU 2014-09 pertaining to the identification of performance obligations and the licensing implementation guidance, while retaining the related principles for those areas.

In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-12, Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients (“ASU 2016-12”). ASU 2016-12 clarifies aspects of ASU 2014-09, including clarification of noncash consideration, and provides a practical expedient for reflecting contract modifications at transition.

The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2014-09, ASU 2016-08, ASU 2016-10 and ASU 2016-12, which are effective for the Company on January 1, 2018.

Recognition and Measurement of Financial Instruments. In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“ASU 2016-01”).  ASU 2016-01 amends guidance on the classification and measurement of financial instruments, including significant revisions in accounting related to the classification and measurement of investments in equity securities and presentation of certain fair value changes for financial liabilities when the fair value option is elected.  ASU 2016-01 also amends certain disclosure requirements associated with the fair value of financial instruments.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-01, which is effective for the Company on January 1, 2018.

Leases. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (“ASU 2016-02”). ASU 2016-02 requires lessees to recognize assets and liabilities arising from most operating leases on the statement of financial position. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-02, which is effective for the Company on January 1, 2019.

Accounting for Share-Based Payments. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (“ASU 2016-09”). ASU 2016-09 simplifies accounting for employee share-based payment transactions, including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures, and statutory tax withholding requirements, as well as classification in the statement of cash flows.  ASU 2016-09 is effective for the Company on January 1, 2017.  The Company does not expect the adoption of the forfeiture provision of ASU 2016-09 to be material to the condensed consolidated financial statements.   The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the other provisions of ASU 2016-09.

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Accounting for Credit Losses. In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”), which amends the guidance for evaluating the impairment of financial instruments. The new guidance adds an impairment model that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-13, which is effective for the Company on January 1, 2020 with early adoption permitted on January 1, 2019.

Cash Flow Classification.  In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (“ASU 2016-15”), which amends and clarifies the current guidance to reduce diversity in practice of the classification of certain cash receipts and payments in the statement of cash flows. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-15, which is effective for the Company on January 1, 2018 with early adoption permitted. The Company must apply the guidance retrospectively to all periods presented.

Income Taxes.  In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory (“ASU 2016-16”), which removes the prohibition against the immediate recognition of the current and deferred income tax effects of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-16, which is effective for the Company on January 1, 2018 with early adoption permitted on January 1, 2017.

Interests Held through Related Parties That Are under Common Control.  In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-17, Interests Held through Related Parties That Are under Common Control (“ASU 2016-17”), which alters how a decision maker needs to consider indirect interests in a variable interest entity (“VIE”) held through an entity under common control.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-17, which is effective for the Company on January 1, 2017 with early adoption permitted.

 

 

3.  Investments

A summary of the carrying value of total investments is as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

Available-for-sale investments

 

$

85

 

 

$

44

 

Held-to-maturity investments

 

 

192

 

 

 

108

 

Trading investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated sponsored investment funds

 

 

575

 

 

 

700

 

Other equity and debt securities

 

 

32

 

 

 

20

 

Deferred compensation plan mutual funds

 

 

59

 

 

 

65

 

Total trading investments

 

 

666

 

 

 

785

 

Other investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity method investments

 

 

663

 

 

 

513

 

Deferred compensation plan equity method

   investments

 

 

8

 

 

 

14

 

Cost method investments(1)

 

 

91

 

 

 

95

 

Carried interest

 

 

26

 

 

 

19

 

Total other investments

 

 

788

 

 

 

641

 

Total investments

 

$

1,731

 

 

$

1,578

 

 

(1) 

Amounts primarily include Federal Reserve Bank (“FRB”) Stock.

                    

Available-for-Sale Investments

A summary of the cost and carrying value of investments classified as available-for-sale investments is as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Unrealized

 

 

Carrying

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

Gains

 

 

Losses

 

 

Value

 

September 30, 2016

 

$

85

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

$

45

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

(3

)

 

$

44

 

 

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At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, available-for-sale investments included certain investments in CLOs and seed investments in BlackRock sponsored mutual funds.  

Held-to-Maturity Investments

The carrying value of held-to-maturity investments was $192 million and $108 million at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively. Held-to-maturity investments included foreign government debt held primarily for regulatory purposes and certain investments in CLOs. The amortized cost (carrying value) of these investments approximated fair value. At September 30, 2016, $161 million of these investments mature in less than one year, $11 million mature between five to ten years and $20 million mature after ten years.

Trading Investments

A summary of the cost and carrying value of trading investments is as follows:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

Carrying

Value

 

 

Cost

 

 

Carrying

Value

 

Trading investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred compensation plan mutual funds

 

$

41

 

 

$

59

 

 

$

48

 

 

$

65

 

Equity securities/multi-asset mutual funds

 

 

238

 

 

 

248

 

 

 

294

 

 

 

279

 

Debt securities/fixed income mutual funds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate debt

 

 

188

 

 

 

194

 

 

 

194

 

 

 

190

 

Government debt

 

 

70

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

202

 

 

 

202

 

Asset/mortgage backed debt

 

 

84

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

49

 

Total trading investments

 

$

621

 

 

$

666

 

 

$

787

 

 

$

785

 

 

 

At September 30, 2016, trading investments included $351 million of debt securities and $224 million of equity securities held by consolidated sponsored investment funds accounted for as voting rights entities (“VREs”), $59 million of certain deferred compensation plan mutual fund investments and $32 million of other equity and debt securities.

At December 31, 2015, trading investments included $437 million of debt securities and $263 million of equity securities held by consolidated sponsored investment funds accounted for as VREs, $65 million of certain deferred compensation plan mutual fund investments and $20 million of other equity and debt securities.

Other Investments

A summary of the carrying value of other investments is as follows:

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Other investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity method investments

 

$

663

 

 

$

513

 

Deferred compensation plan equity method

   investments

 

 

8

 

 

 

14

 

Cost method investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Reserve Bank stock

 

 

89

 

 

 

93

 

Other

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

Total cost method investments

 

 

91

 

 

 

95

 

Carried interest(1)

 

 

26

 

 

 

19

 

Total other investments

 

$

788

 

 

$

641

 

 

 

(1) 

Carried interest of consolidated VREs.

Equity method investments primarily include BlackRock’s direct investments in certain BlackRock sponsored investment funds.

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In addition, the Company accounts for its interest in PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (“PennyMac”) as an equity method investment. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 the Company’s investment in PennyMac was excluded from the amounts in the table above and included in other assets on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition. The carrying value and fair value of the Company’s interest (approximately 20% or 16 million shares and units) was approximately $270 million and $265 million, respectively, at September 30, 2016 and approximately $222 million and $239 million, respectively, at December 31, 2015. The fair value of the Company’s interest reflected the PennyMac stock price at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively (a Level 1 input).  The Company performed an other-than-temporary impairment analysis as of September 30, 2016 and determined the decline in fair value below the carrying value to be temporary.

Cost method investments include nonmarketable securities, primarily FRB stock, which is held for regulatory purposes and is restricted from sale. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, there were no indicators of impairment on these investments.

Carried interest represents allocations to BlackRock’s general partner capital accounts from certain funds. These balances are subject to change upon cash distributions, additional allocations or reallocations back to limited partners within the respective funds.

 

 

4.   Consolidated Voting Rights Entities

The Company consolidates certain sponsored investment funds accounted for as VREs because it is deemed to control such funds. The investments owned by these consolidated VREs are classified as trading investments. The following table presents the balances related to these consolidated VREs that were recorded on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition, including BlackRock’s net interest in these funds:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

60

 

 

$

100

 

Trading investments

 

 

575

 

 

 

700

 

Other assets

 

 

14

 

 

 

18

 

Other liabilities

 

 

(72

)

 

 

(77

)

Noncontrolling interests

 

 

(64

)

 

 

(125

)

BlackRock’s net interests in consolidated VREs

 

$

513

 

 

$

616

 

 

BlackRock’s total exposure to consolidated VREs represents the value of its economic ownership interest in these sponsored investment funds. Valuation changes associated with investments held at fair value by these consolidated VREs are reflected in nonoperating income (expense) and partially offset in net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests for the portion not attributable to BlackRock.

The Company cannot readily access cash and cash equivalents held by consolidated VREs to use in its operating activities.

 

 

 

5.   Variable Interest Entities

In the normal course of business, the Company is the manager of various types of sponsored investment vehicles, which may be considered VIEs. The Company may from time to time own equity or debt securities or enter into derivatives with the vehicles, each of which are considered variable interests. The Company’s involvement in financing the operations of the VIEs is generally limited to its investments in the entity. The Company consolidates entities when it is determined to be the primary beneficiary (“PB”).  

Consolidated VIEs.    The Company’s consolidated VIEs as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 include certain sponsored investment funds in which BlackRock has an investment and as the investment manager is deemed to have both the power to direct the most significant activities of the funds and the right to receive benefits (or the obligation to absorb losses) that could potentially be significant to these sponsored investment funds. The assets of these VIEs are not available to creditors of the Company. In addition, the investors in these VIEs have no recourse to the credit of the Company.

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Consolidated VIE assets and liabilities are presented after intercompany eliminations at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 in the following table:

 

(in millions)

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

Assets of consolidated VIEs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

161

 

 

$

148

 

Investments

 

 

1,411

 

 

 

1,030

 

Other assets

 

 

183

 

 

 

67

 

Total investments and other assets

 

 

1,594

 

 

 

1,097

 

Liabilities of consolidated VIEs

 

 

(272

)

 

 

(177

)

Noncontrolling interests of consolidated VIEs

 

 

(593

)

 

 

(416

)

BlackRock's net interests in consolidated VIEs

 

$

890

 

 

$

652

 

 

The Company recorded a $19 million and a $34 million nonoperating net gain, respectively, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 related to consolidated VIEs. The net income attributable to noncontrolling interest was $1 million and the net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest was $2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, related to consolidated VIEs.   

The Company recorded a $14 million nonoperating net loss and a $2 million nonoperating net gain, respectively, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 related to consolidated VIEs. The net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests related to consolidated VIEs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $9 million and $2 million, respectively.

Nonconsolidated VIEs.    At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company’s carrying value of assets and liabilities included on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition pertaining to nonconsolidated VIEs and its maximum risk of loss related to VIEs for which it held a variable interest, but for which it was not the PB, was as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

Advisory

Fee

 

 

Other Net

Assets

 

 

Maximum

 

At September 30, 2016

 

Investments

 

 

Receivables

 

 

(Liabilities)

 

 

Risk of Loss(1)

 

Sponsored investment products

 

$

121

 

 

$

7

 

 

$

(7

)

 

$

145

 

At December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsored investment products

 

$

64

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

(7

)

 

$

84

 

 

 

(1)

At both September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, BlackRock’s maximum risk of loss associated with these VIEs primarily related to collecting advisory fee receivables and BlackRock’s investments.

The net assets of sponsored investment products that are nonconsolidated VIEs approximated $3 billion at both September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.                   

 

 

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6.  Fair Value Disclosures

Fair Value Hierarchy

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and other assets not held at fair value

 

September 30, 2016

 

Quoted

Prices in

Active

Markets for

Identical

Assets

 

 

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs

 

 

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

 

 

Investments

Measured at

 

 

Other Assets

Not Held at

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

(Level 1)

 

 

(Level 2)

 

 

(Level 3)

 

 

NAV(1)

 

 

Fair Value(2)

 

 

2016

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale:

 

$

13

 

 

$

48

 

 

$

24

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

85

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

192

 

 

 

192

 

Trading:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred compensation plan mutual funds

 

 

59

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

59

 

Equity securities/Multi-asset mutual funds

 

 

248

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

248

 

Debt securities / fixed income mutual funds

 

 

2

 

 

 

352

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

359

 

Total trading

 

 

309

 

 

 

352

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

666

 

Other investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity method:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity and fixed income mutual funds

 

 

264

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

270

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

385

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

393

 

Total equity method

 

 

264

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

391

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

663

 

Deferred compensation plan equity method investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

Cost method investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

91

 

 

 

91

 

Carried interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

26

 

Total investments

 

 

586

 

 

 

400

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

399

 

 

 

317

 

 

 

1,731

 

Separate account assets

 

 

110,510

 

 

 

41,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

903

 

 

 

153,330

 

Separate account collateral held under securities lending

   agreements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity securities

 

 

23,181

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,181

 

Debt securities

 

 

 

 

 

6,658

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,658

 

Total separate account collateral held under securities

   lending agreements

 

 

23,181

 

 

 

6,658

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,839

 

Investments of consolidated VIEs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private / public equity(3)

 

 

7

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

194

 

 

 

109

 

 

 

 

 

 

312

 

Equity securities

 

 

472

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

472

 

Debt securities

 

 

 

 

 

476

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

476

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

69

 

Carried interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

82

 

 

 

82

 

Total investments of consolidated VIEs

 

 

479

 

 

 

478

 

 

 

194

 

 

 

178

 

 

 

82

 

 

 

1,411

 

Total

 

$

134,756

 

 

$

49,453

 

 

$

223

 

 

$

577

 

 

$

1,302

 

 

$

186,311

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Separate account collateral liabilities under securities

   lending agreements

 

$

110,510

 

 

$

41,917

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

903

 

 

$

153,330

 

Other liabilities(4)

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

118

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

125

 

Total

 

$

110,510

 

 

$

41,924

 

 

$

118

 

 

$

 

 

$

903

 

 

$

153,455

 

 

(1) 

Amounts are comprised of certain investments measured at fair value using NAV (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient. These investments have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy.

(2) 

Amounts are comprised of investments held at cost or amortized cost, carried interest and certain equity method investments, which include sponsored investment funds and other assets, which are not accounted for under a fair value measure. In accordance with GAAP, certain equity method investees do not account for both their financial assets and liabilities under fair value measures; therefore, the Company’s investment in such equity method investees may not represent fair value.

(3) 

Level 3 amounts primarily include direct investments in private equity companies held by private equity funds.

(4) 

Amounts primarily include recorded contingent liabilities related to certain acquisitions (see Note 11, Commitments and Contingencies, for more information).

 

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Assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis and other assets not held at fair value

 

December 31, 2015

(in millions)

 

Quoted Prices in

Active

Markets for

Identical Assets

(Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

 

 

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

 

 

Investments Measured at NAV(1)

 

 

Other Assets

Not Held at Fair

Value(2)

 

 

December 31,

2015

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale

 

$

19

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

23

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

44

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

108

 

 

 

108

 

Trading:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred compensation plan mutual funds

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

65

 

Equity/Multi-asset mutual funds

 

 

278

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

278

 

Debt securities / fixed income mutual funds

 

 

2

 

 

 

438

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

442

 

Total trading

 

 

345

 

 

 

438

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

785

 

Other investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity method:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity and fixed income mutual funds

 

 

73

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

103

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

400

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

410

 

Total equity method

 

 

73

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

430

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

513

 

Deferred compensation plan equity method investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

Cost method investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

95

 

Carried interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

19

 

Total investments

 

 

437

 

 

 

440

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

444

 

 

 

232

 

 

 

1,578

 

Separate account assets

 

 

109,761

 

 

 

40,152

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

938

 

 

 

150,851

 

Separate account collateral held under securities lending agreements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity securities

 

 

26,062

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,062

 

Debt securities

 

 

 

 

 

5,274

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,274

 

Total separate account collateral held under securities lending agreements

 

 

26,062

 

 

 

5,274

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,336

 

Investments of consolidated VIEs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private / public equity(3)

 

 

6

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

196

 

 

 

145

 

 

 

 

 

 

351

 

Equity securities

 

 

298

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

298

 

Debt securities

 

 

 

 

 

242

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

242

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

58

 

Carried interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

81

 

Total investments of consolidated VIEs

 

 

304

 

 

 

246

 

 

 

196

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

1,030

 

Total

 

$

136,564

 

 

$

46,112

 

 

$

221

 

 

$

647

 

 

$

1,251

 

 

$

184,795

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Separate account collateral liabilities under securities lending agreements

 

$

26,062

 

 

$

5,274

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

31,336

 

Other liabilities(4)

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54

 

Total

 

$

26,062

 

 

$

5,280

 

 

$

48

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

31,390

 

 

(1) 

Amounts are comprised of certain investments measured at fair value using NAV (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient. These investments have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy.

(2) 

Amounts are comprised of investments held at cost or amortized cost, carried interest and certain equity method investments, which include sponsored investment funds and other assets, which are not accounted for under a fair value measure. In accordance with GAAP, certain equity method investees do not account for both their financial assets and liabilities under fair value measures; therefore, the Company’s investment in such equity method investees may not represent fair value.

(3) 

Level 3 amounts include direct investments in private equity companies held by private equity funds.

(4) 

Amounts primarily include recorded contingent liabilities related to certain acquisitions (see Note 11, Commitments and Contingencies, for more information).

 


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Level 3 Assets.    Level 3 investments of consolidated VIEs of $194 million and $196 million at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, related to direct investments in private equity companies held by consolidated private equity funds. Direct investments in private equity companies may be valued using the market approach or the income approach, or a combination thereof, and were valued based on an assessment of each underlying investment, incorporating evaluation of additional significant third-party financing, changes in valuations of comparable peer companies, the business environment of the companies, market indices, assumptions relating to appropriate risk adjustments for nonperformance and legal restrictions on disposition, among other factors. The fair value derived from the methods used is evaluated and weighted, as appropriate, considering the reasonableness of the range of values indicated. Under the market approach, fair value may be determined by reference to multiples of market-comparable companies or transactions, including earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) multiples. Under the income approach, fair value may be determined by discounting the expected cash flows to a single present value amount using current expectations about those future amounts. Unobservable inputs used in a discounted cash flow model may include projections of operating performance generally covering a five-year period and a terminal value of the private equity direct investment. For investments utilizing the discounted cash flow valuation technique, a significant increase (decrease) in the discount rate, risk premium or discount for lack of marketability in isolation could result in a significantly lower (higher) fair value measurement. For investments utilizing the market-comparable valuation technique, a significant increase (decrease) in the EBITDA multiple in isolation could result in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurement.

Level 3 assets may include investments in CLOs and bonds valued based on single-broker nonbinding quotes, and direct private equity investments valued using the market approach or the income approach as described above.

Level 3 Liabilities. Level 3 other liabilities primarily include recorded contingent liabilities related to certain acquisitions, which were valued based upon discounted cash flow analyses using unobservable market data inputs.

 

 

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Changes in Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

 

(in millions)

 

June 30, 2016

 

 

Realized

and

Unrealized

Gains

(Losses) in

Earnings

and OCI

 

 

Purchases

 

 

Sales and

Maturities

 

 

Issuances and

other

Settlements

 

 

Transfers

into

Level 3

 

 

Transfers

out of

Level 3

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

Total Net

Unrealized

Gains (Losses)

Included in

Earnings(1)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities(2)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

24

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

24

 

 

 

 

 

Trading

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

Assets of consolidated VIEs - Private equity

 

 

189

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

194

 

 

$

11

 

Total Level 3 assets

 

$

192

 

 

$

11

 

 

$

26

 

 

$

(6

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

223

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities(3)

 

$

121

 

 

$

(2

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(5

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

118

 

 

$

(2

)

 

(1) 

Earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to assets and liabilities still held at the reporting date.

(2) 

Amounts include investments in CLOs.

(3

Other liabilities amount includes contingent liabilities in connection with certain acquisitions.

 

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Changes in Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

 

(in millions)

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

Realized

and

Unrealized

Gains

(Losses) in

Earnings

and OCI

 

 

Purchases

 

 

Sales and

Maturities

 

 

Issuances and

other

Settlements(1)

 

 

Transfers

into

Level 3

 

 

Transfers

out of

Level 3

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

Total Net

Unrealized

Gains (Losses)

Included in

Earnings(2)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities(3)

 

$

23

 

 

$

 

 

$

47

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(46

)

 

$

24

 

 

 

 

 

Trading

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(49

)

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

Assets of consolidated VIEs - Private equity

 

 

196

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

194

 

 

$

13

 

Total Level 3 assets

 

$

221

 

 

$

13

 

 

$

53

 

 

$

(15

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(49

)

 

$

223

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities(4)

 

$

48

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

70

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

118

 

 

$

 

 

(1) 

Issuances and other settlements amount includes a contingent liability related to the BofA® Global Capital Management transaction in April 2016.

(2) 

Earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to assets and liabilities still held at the reporting date.

(3) 

Amounts include investments in CLOs.

(4) 

Other liabilities amount includes contingent liabilities in connection with certain acquisitions.


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Changes in Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

Realized

and

Unrealized

Gains

(Losses) in

Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and

 

 

Issuances and

Other

 

 

Transfers

into

 

 

Transfers

out of

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Total Net

Unrealized

Gains (Losses)

Included in

 

(in millions)

 

2015

 

 

and OCI

 

 

Purchases

 

 

Maturities

 

 

Settlements(1)

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Level 3

 

 

2015

 

 

Earnings(2)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets of consolidated VIEs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private equity

 

$

166

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

172

 

 

$

6

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities(3)

 

$

56

 

 

$

4

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(15

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

37

 

 

$

4

 

 

(1) 

Issuances and other settlements amount includes payments of contingent liabilities related to certain acquisitions.

(2) 

Earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to assets and liabilities still held at the reporting date.

(3) 

Other liabilities amount includes contingent liabilities in connection with certain acquisitions.

 


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Changes in Level 3 Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

Realized

and

Unrealized

Gains

(Losses) in

Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and

 

 

Issuances and

other

 

 

Transfers

into

 

 

Transfers

out of

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Total Net

Unrealized

Gains (Losses)

Included in

 

(in millions)

 

2014

 

 

and OCI

 

 

Purchases

 

 

Maturities

 

 

Settlements(1)

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Level 3

 

 

2015

 

 

Earnings(3)

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated sponsored

   investment funds - Private Equity

 

$

80

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(80

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

Assets of consolidated VIEs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank loans

 

 

302

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(302

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(18

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private equity

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

172

 

 

$

13

 

Total Level 3 assets of

   consolidated VIEs

 

 

320

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

(240

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

172

 

 

 

 

 

Total Level 3 assets

 

$

400

 

 

$

13

 

 

$

79

 

 

$

 

 

$

(320

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

172

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borrowings of consolidated VIEs

 

$

3,389

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(3,389

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities(2)

 

 

39

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37

 

 

$

1

 

Total Level 3 liabilities

 

$

3,428

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

(3,390

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)       Amounts primarily include the consolidation (deconsolidation) of VIEs due to the adoption of ASU 2015-02, Consolidation: Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis, (“ASU 2015-12”).  See Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, in the 2015 10-K for further information on ASU 2015-02.

 

(2)      Other liabilities amount includes contingent liabilities related to certain acquisitions.

 

(3)      Earnings attributable to the change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to assets and liabilities still held at the reporting date.

 

 

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Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) for Level 3 Assets and Liabilities.    Realized and unrealized gains (losses) recorded for Level 3 assets and liabilities are reported in nonoperating income (expense) on the condensed consolidated statements of income. A portion of net income (loss) for consolidated sponsored investment funds are allocated to noncontrolling interests to reflect net income (loss) not attributable to the Company.

Transfers in and/or out of Levels.    Transfers in and/or out of levels are reflected when significant inputs, including market inputs or performance attributes, used for the fair value measurement become observable/unobservable, or when the carrying value of certain equity method investments no longer represents fair value as determined under valuation methodologies.

Disclosures of Fair Value for Financial Instruments Not Held at Fair Value.    At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments not held at fair value are categorized in the table below:

 

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Carrying

Amount

 

 

Estimated

Fair Value

 

 

Carrying

Amount

 

 

Estimated

Fair Value

 

 

Fair Value

Hierarchy

 

Financial Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

5,454

 

 

$

5,454

 

 

$

6,083

 

 

$

6,083

 

 

Level 1

(1),(2)

Accounts receivable

 

 

2,601

 

 

 

2,601

 

 

 

2,237

 

 

 

2,237

 

 

Level 1

(3)

Cash and cash equivalents of consolidated VIEs

 

 

161

 

 

 

161

 

 

 

148

 

 

 

148

 

 

Level 1

(1),(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

1,354

 

 

 

1,354

 

 

 

1,068

 

 

 

1,068

 

 

Level 1

(3)

Long-term borrowings

 

 

4,961

 

 

 

5,403

 

 

 

4,930

 

 

 

5,223

 

 

Level 2

(4)

 

 

(1) 

Cash and cash equivalents are carried at either cost or amortized cost, which approximates fair value due to their short-term maturities.

(2) 

At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, approximately $134 million and $132 million, respectively, of money market funds were recorded within cash and cash equivalents, which includes money market funds of consolidated VREs, on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition. In addition, at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, approximately $34 million and $68 million, respectively, of money market funds were recorded within cash and cash equivalents of consolidated VIEs.  Money market funds are valued based on quoted market prices, or $1.00 per share, which generally is the NAV of the fund.

(3) 

The carrying amounts of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to their short-term nature.

(4) 

Long-term borrowings are recorded at amortized cost net of unamortized debt issuance costs. The fair value of the long-term borrowings, including the current portion of long-term borrowings, is estimated using market prices at the end of September 2016 and December 2015, respectively. See Note 10, Borrowings, for the fair value of each of the Company’s long-term borrowings.

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Investments in Certain Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share.

As a practical expedient to value certain investments that do not have a readily determinable fair value and have attributes of an investment company, the Company uses NAV as the fair value. The following tables list information regarding all investments that use a fair value measurement to account for both their financial assets and financial liabilities in their calculation of a NAV per share (or equivalent).

September 30, 2016

 

(in millions)

 

Ref

 

Fair Value

 

 

Total

Unfunded

Commitments

 

 

Redemption

Frequency

 

Redemption

Notice Period

Equity method:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge funds/funds of hedge funds

 

(a)

 

$

230

 

 

$

21

 

 

Daily/Monthly (22%)

Quarterly (51%)

N/R (27%)

 

1 – 90 days

Private equity funds

 

(b)

 

 

88

 

 

 

69

 

 

N/R

 

N/R

Real assets funds

 

(c)

 

 

67

 

 

 

34

 

 

Quarterly (36%)

N/R (64%)

 

60 days

Other

 

(d)

 

 

14

 

 

 

5

 

 

Daily/Monthly (42%)

N/R (58%)

 

3 – 5 days

Consolidated VIEs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private equity funds of funds

 

(e)

 

 

109

 

 

 

17

 

 

N/R

 

N/R

Hedge fund

 

(a)

 

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

Quarterly

 

90 days

Real assets funds

 

(c)

 

 

34

 

 

 

17

 

 

N/R

 

N/R

Total

 

 

 

$

577

 

 

$

163

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

(in millions)

 

Ref

 

Fair Value

 

 

Total

Unfunded

Commitments

 

 

Redemption

Frequency

 

Redemption

Notice Period

Equity method:(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge funds/funds of hedge funds

 

(a)

 

$

217

 

 

$

30

 

 

Daily/Monthly (22%)

Quarterly (52%)

N/R (26%)

 

30 – 90 days

Private equity funds

 

(b)

 

 

89

 

 

 

67

 

 

N/R

 

N/R

Real assets funds

 

(c)

 

 

94

 

 

 

31

 

 

Quarterly (25%)

N/R (75%)

 

60 days

Other

 

(d)

 

 

44

 

 

 

5

 

 

Daily/Monthly (68%)

N/R (32%)

 

3 – 5 days

Consolidated VIEs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private equity funds of funds

 

(e)

 

 

145

 

 

 

19

 

 

N/R

 

N/R

Hedge fund

 

(a)

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

Quarterly

 

90 days

Total

 

 

 

$

647

 

 

$

152

 

 

 

 

 

 

N/R – not redeemable

 

(1) 

Comprised of equity method investments, which include investments in investment companies, which account for their financial assets and most financial liabilities under fair value measures; therefore, the Company’s investment in such equity method investees approximates fair value.

(a) 

This category includes hedge funds and funds of hedge funds that invest primarily in equities, fixed income securities, distressed credit, opportunistic and mortgage instruments and other third-party hedge funds. The fair values of the investments have been estimated using the NAV of the Company’s ownership interest in partners’ capital. It was estimated that the investments in the funds that are not subject to redemption will be liquidated over a weighted-average period of approximately one year at both September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

(b) 

This category includes several private equity funds that initially invest in nonmarketable securities of private companies, which ultimately may become public in the future. The fair values of these investments have been estimated using capital accounts representing the Company’s ownership interest in the funds as well as other performance inputs. The Company’s investment in each fund is not subject to redemption and is normally returned through distributions as a result of the liquidation of the underlying assets of the private equity funds. It was estimated that the investments in these funds will be liquidated over a weighted-average period of approximately four years at both September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

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(c) 

This category includes several real assets funds that invest directly in real estate, real estate related assets and infrastructure. The fair values of the investments have been estimated using capital accounts representing the Company’s ownership interest in the funds. A majority of the Company’s investments are not subject to redemption or are not currently redeemable and are normally returned through distributions as a result of the liquidation of the underlying assets of the funds. It is estimated that the investments in these funds not subject to redemptions will be liquidated over a weighted-average period of approximately six years at both September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

(d) 

This category includes investments in several real estate funds. The investments are not subject to redemption; however, distributions as a result of the liquidation of the underlying assets will be used to settle certain deferred compensation liabilities over time.  In addition, this category for 2015 also includes a multi-asset fund that is redeemable. The fair values of the investments have been estimated using capital accounts representing the Company’s ownership interest in partners’ capital.

(e)  This category includes the underlying third-party private equity funds within consolidated BlackRock sponsored private equity funds of funds. The fair values of the investments in the third-party funds have been estimated using capital accounts representing the Company’s ownership interest in each fund in the portfolio as well as other performance inputs. These investments are not subject to redemption; however, for certain funds, the Company may sell or transfer its interest, which may need approval by the general partner of the underlying funds. Due to the nature of the investments in this category, the Company reduces its investment by distributions that are received through the realization of the underlying assets of the funds. It is estimated that the underlying assets of these funds will be liquidated over a weighted-average period of approximately five years at both September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015. The total remaining unfunded commitments to other third-party funds were $17 million at September 30, 2016 and $19 million at December 31, 2015. The Company had contractual obligations to the consolidated funds of $24 million at September 30, 2016 and $31 million at December 31, 2015.

 

7.  Derivatives and Hedging

The Company maintains a program to enter into swaps to hedge against market price and interest rate exposures with respect to certain seed investments in sponsored investment products. At September 30, 2016, the Company had outstanding total return swaps and interest rate swaps with aggregate notional values of approximately $478 million and $48 million, respectively. At December 31, 2015, the Company had outstanding total return swaps and interest rate swaps with aggregate notional values of approximately $360 million and $46 million, respectively.

Gains (losses) on total return swaps are recorded in nonoperating income (expense) and were $(25) million and $(33) million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively.  Gains (losses) on total return swaps were $35 million and $26 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively.

Gains (losses) on interest rate swaps are recorded in nonoperating income (expense) and were not material to the condensed consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.  

The Company has entered into a derivative providing credit protection to a counterparty of approximately $17 million, representing the Company’s maximum risk of loss with respect to the provision of credit protection. The Company carries the derivative at fair value based on the expected discounted future cash outflows under the arrangement.

The Company executes forward foreign currency exchange contracts to mitigate the risk of certain foreign exchange movements. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company had outstanding forward foreign currency exchange contracts with aggregate notional values of approximately $121 million and $169 million, respectively.   Gains (losses) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts are recorded in other general and administration expense and were not material to the condensed consolidated statements of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.

The Company consolidates certain sponsored investment funds, which may utilize derivative instruments as a part of the funds’ investment strategies.  The change in fair value of such derivatives, which is recorded in nonoperating income (expense) was not material for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.

The fair value of the outstanding derivatives mentioned above were not material to the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015.

See Note 12, Borrowings, in the 2015 Form 10-K for more information on the Company’s net investment hedge.


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8.  Goodwill

Goodwill activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

$

13,123

 

BofA Global Capital Management(1)

 

 

15

 

Goodwill adjustment related to Quellos(2)

 

 

(14

)

September 30, 2016

 

$

13,124

 

 

 

(1)

The $15 million increase represents goodwill from the BofA Global Capital Management transaction in April 2016 that transferred investment management responsibilities of approximately $80.6 billion of cash assets under management to the Company.  Total consideration included $75 million of contingent consideration at fair value at time of close.  BlackRock’s platform provides clients with broad access to high quality, global liquidity investment solutions.

 

 

(2)

The decrease in goodwill during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 primarily resulted from a decline related to tax benefits realized from tax-deductible goodwill in excess of book goodwill from the acquisition of the fund-of-funds business of Quellos Group, LLC in October 2007 (the “Quellos Transaction”). Goodwill related to the Quellos Transaction will continue to be reduced in future periods by the amount of tax benefits realized from tax-deductible goodwill in excess of book goodwill from the Quellos Transaction. The balance of the Quellos tax-deductible goodwill in excess of book goodwill was approximately $208 million and $231 million at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.

 

9.  Intangible Assets

The carrying amounts of identifiable intangible assets are summarized as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

Indefinite-lived

 

 

Finite-lived

 

 

Total

 

December 31, 2015

 

$

17,108

 

 

$

264

 

 

$

17,372

 

Amortization expense

 

 

 

 

 

(75

)

 

 

(75

)

BofA Global Capital Management

 

 

70

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

90

 

September 30, 2016

 

$

17,178

 

 

$

209

 

 

$

17,387

 

    

In connection with the BofA Global Capital Management transaction, the Company acquired $70 million of indefinite-lived management contracts and $20 million of finite-lived management contracts with a weighted-average estimated life of approximately 10 years.

 

 

10.  Borrowings

Short-Term Borrowings

2016 Revolving Credit Facility.    The Company’s credit facility has an aggregate commitment amount of $4.0 billion and was amended in April 2016 to extend the maturity date to March 2021 (the “2016 credit facility”). The 2016 credit facility permits the Company to request up to an additional $1.0 billion of borrowing capacity, subject to lender credit approval, increasing the overall size of the 2016 credit facility to an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5.0 billion. Interest on borrowings outstanding accrues at a rate based on the applicable London Interbank Offered Rate plus a spread. The 2016 credit facility requires the Company not to exceed a maximum leverage ratio (ratio of net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, where net debt equals total debt less unrestricted cash) of 3 to 1, which was satisfied with a ratio of less than 1 to 1 at September 30, 2016. The 2016 credit facility provides back-up liquidity to fund ongoing working capital for general corporate purposes and various investment opportunities. At September 30, 2016, the Company had no amount outstanding under the 2016 credit facility.

Commercial Paper Program.    The Company can issue unsecured commercial paper notes (the “CP Notes”) on a private-placement basis up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding at any time of $4.0 billion. The commercial paper program is currently supported by the 2016 credit facility. At September 30, 2016, BlackRock had no CP Notes outstanding.

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Long-Term Borrowings

The carrying value and fair value of long-term borrowings estimated using market prices and foreign exchange rates at September 30, 2016 included the following:

 

(in millions)

 

Maturity Amount

 

 

Unamortized

Discount

and Debt

Issuance Costs

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

6.25% Notes due 2017

 

$

700

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

699

 

 

$

734

 

5.00% Notes due 2019

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

997

 

 

 

1,109

 

4.25% Notes due 2021

 

 

750

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

746

 

 

 

834

 

3.375% Notes due 2022

 

 

750

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

746

 

 

 

810

 

3.50% Notes due 2024

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

992

 

 

 

1,095

 

1.25% Notes due 2025

 

 

787

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

781

 

 

 

821

 

Total Long-term Borrowings

 

$

4,987

 

 

$

(26

)

 

$

4,961

 

 

$

5,403

 

 

Long-term borrowings at December 31, 2015 had a carrying value of $4.9 billion and a fair value of $5.2 billion determined using market prices at the end of December 2015.           

See Note 12, Borrowings, in the 2015 Form 10-K for more information regarding the Company’s borrowings.

 

 

11.  Commitments and Contingencies

Investment Commitments.    At September 30, 2016, the Company had $194 million of various capital commitments to fund sponsored investment funds, including consolidated VIEs. These funds include private equity funds, real assets funds and opportunistic funds. This amount excludes additional commitments made by consolidated funds of funds to underlying third-party funds as third-party noncontrolling interest holders have the legal obligation to fund the respective commitments of such funds of funds. In addition to the capital commitments of $194 million, the Company had approximately $12 million of contingent commitments for certain funds which have investment periods that have expired. Generally, the timing of the funding of these commitments is unknown and the commitments are callable on demand at any time prior to the expiration of the commitment. These unfunded commitments are not recorded on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition. These commitments do not include potential future commitments approved by the Company that are not yet legally binding. The Company intends to make additional capital commitments from time to time to fund additional investment products for, and with, its clients.

Contingencies

Contingent Payments Related to Business Acquisitions.    In connection with certain acquisitions, BlackRock is required to make contingent payments, subject to achieving specified performance targets, which may include revenue related to acquired contracts or new capital commitments for certain products.  The fair value of the remaining aggregate contingent payments at September 30, 2016 totaled $118 million, including $76 million related to the BofA Global Capital Management transaction, and is included in other liabilities on the condensed consolidated statement of financial condition.

Other Contingent Payments.    The Company acts as the portfolio manager in a series of derivative transactions and has a maximum potential exposure of $17 million between the Company and counterparty. See Note 7, Derivatives and Hedging, for further discussion.

 

Legal Proceedings.    From time to time, BlackRock receives subpoenas or other requests for information from various U.S. federal, state governmental and domestic and international regulatory authorities in connection with certain industry-wide or other investigations or proceedings. It is BlackRock’s policy to cooperate fully with such inquiries. The Company and certain of its subsidiaries have been named as defendants in various legal actions, including arbitrations and other litigation arising in connection with BlackRock’s activities. Additionally, BlackRock advised investment portfolios may be subject to lawsuits, any of which potentially could harm the investment returns of the applicable portfolio or result in the Company being liable to the portfolios for any resulting damages.

 

On May 27, 2014, certain purported investors in the BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. and the BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund (collectively, the “Funds”) filed a consolidated complaint (the “Consolidated Complaint”) in the U.S.

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District Court for the District of New Jersey against BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and BlackRock International Limited (collectively, the “Defendants”) under the caption In re BlackRock Mutual Funds Advisory Fee Litigation. The Consolidated Complaint, which purports to be brought derivatively on behalf of the Funds, alleges that the Defendants violated Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act by receiving allegedly excessive investment advisory fees from the Funds. On February 24, 2015, the same plaintiffs filed another complaint in the same court against BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and BlackRock Advisors, LLC. The allegations and legal claims in both complaints are substantially similar, with the new complaint purporting to challenge fees received by Defendants after the plaintiffs filed their prior complaint. Both complaints seek, among other things, to recover on behalf of the Funds all allegedly excessive advisory fees received by Defendants in the twelve month period preceding the start of each lawsuit, along with purported lost investment returns on those amounts, plus interest. On March 25, 2015, Defendants’ motion to dismiss the Consolidated Complaint was denied. The Defendants believe the claims in both lawsuits are without merit and intend to vigorously defend the actions.

 

Between November 12, 2015 and November 16, 2015, BlackRock, Inc., BlackRock Realty Advisors, Inc. (“BRA”) and the BlackRock Granite Property Fund, Inc. (“Granite Fund”), along with certain other Granite Fund-related entities (collectively, the “BlackRock Parties”) were named as defendants in thirteen separate lawsuits filed in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda arising out of the June 16, 2015 collapse of a balcony at the Library Gardens apartment complex in Berkeley, California (the “Property”). The Property is indirectly owned by the Granite Fund, which is managed by BRA. The plaintiffs also named as defendants in the lawsuits Greystar, which is the property manager of the Property, and certain other entities, including the developer of the Property, building contractors and building materials suppliers. The plaintiffs allege, among other things, that the BlackRock Parties were negligent in their ownership, control and maintenance of the Property’s balcony, and seek monetary, including punitive, damages.  Additionally, on March 16, 2016, three former tenants of the Library Gardens apartment unit that experienced the balcony collapse sued the BlackRock Parties.  The former tenants, who witnessed (but were not physically injured in) the accident make allegations virtually identical to those in the previously filed actions and claim that as a result of the collapse, they suffered unspecified emotional damage.  Several defendants have also filed cross-complaints alleging a variety of claims, including claims against the BlackRock Parties for contribution, negligence, and declaratory relief.  BlackRock believes the claims against it are without merit and intends to vigorously defend the actions.

Management, after consultation with legal counsel, currently does not anticipate that the aggregate liability arising out of regulatory matters or lawsuits will have a material effect on BlackRock’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows. However, there is no assurance as to whether any such pending or threatened matters will have a material effect on BlackRock’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows in any future reporting period. Due to uncertainties surrounding the outcome of these matters, management cannot reasonably estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may arise from these matters.  

Indemnifications.    In the ordinary course of business or in connection with certain acquisition agreements, BlackRock enters into contracts pursuant to which it may agree to indemnify third parties in certain circumstances. The terms of these indemnities vary from contract to contract and the amount of indemnification liability, if any, cannot be determined or the likelihood of any liability is considered remote. Consequently, no liability has been recorded on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition.

In connection with securities lending transactions, BlackRock has issued certain indemnifications to certain securities lending clients against potential loss resulting from a borrower’s failure to fulfill its obligations under the securities lending agreement should the value of the collateral pledged by the borrower at the time of default be insufficient to cover the borrower’s obligation under the securities lending agreement. At September 30, 2016, the Company indemnified certain of its clients for their securities lending loan balances of approximately $171.8 billion. The Company held as agent, cash and securities totaling $182.5 billion as collateral for indemnified securities on loan at September 30, 2016. The fair value of these indemnifications was not material at September 30, 2016.

 

 

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12.  Stock-Based Compensation

Restricted Stock and RSUs. Restricted stock and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 is summarized below:

 

Outstanding at

 

Restricted

Stock and

RSUs

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Grant Date

Fair Value

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

3,067,737

 

 

$

308.42

 

Granted

 

 

1,433,207

 

 

$

298.90

 

Converted

 

 

(1,408,438

)

 

$

282.19

 

Forfeited

 

 

(54,915

)

 

$

314.88

 

September 30, 2016(1)

 

 

3,037,591

 

 

$

315.98

 

 

(1) 

At September 30, 2016, approximately 2.7 million awards are expected to vest and 0.3 million awards have vested but have not been converted.

In the first quarter of 2016, the Company granted 1,030,964 RSUs to employees as part of 2015 annual incentive compensation that vest ratably over three years from the date of grant and 303,587 RSUs to employees that cliff vest 100% on January 31, 2019.  The Company values RSUs at their grant-date fair value as measured by BlackRock’s common stock price.  The total fair value of RSUs granted to employees during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $428 million at time of grant.  

At September 30, 2016, the intrinsic value of outstanding RSUs was $1.1 billion reflecting a closing stock price of $362.46.

At September 30, 2016, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested RSUs was $378 million. The unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted-average period of 1.2 years.

Market Performance-based RSUs.        

Market Performance-based RSUs activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 is summarized below:

Outstanding at

 

Market

Performance-

Based RSUs

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Grant Date

Fair Value

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

1,378,177

 

 

$

137.07

 

Converted

 

 

(548,227

)

 

$

115.03

 

Forfeited

 

 

(19,513

)

 

$

153.74

 

September 30, 2016(1)

 

 

810,437

 

 

$

151.58

 

 

(1)   The market performance-based RSUs require that separate 15%, 25% and 35% share price appreciation targets be achieved during the six-year term of the awards. The awards are split into three tranches and each tranche may vest if the specified target increase in share price is met.  At September 30, 2016, approximately 0.7 million awards are expected to vest and an immaterial amount of awards have vested and have not been converted.  

At September 30, 2016, the intrinsic value of outstanding market performance-based RSUs was $294 million reflecting a closing stock price of $362.46.

See Note 14, Stock-Based Compensation, in the 2015 Form 10-K for more information on market performance-based RSUs.

At September 30, 2016, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested market performance-based awards was $22 million. The unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted-average period of less than one year.

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Performance-Based RSUs.  

Performance-based RSU activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 is summarized below:

 

Outstanding at

 

Performance-

Based RSUs

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Grant Date

Fair Value

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

255,868

 

 

$

343.86

 

Granted

 

 

375,242

 

 

$

296.97

 

Forfeited

 

 

(10,056

)

 

$

333.55

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

621,054

 

 

$

315.69

 

 

In the first quarter of 2016, the Company granted 375,242 performance-based RSUs to certain employees that cliff vest 100% on January 31, 2019. These awards are amortized over a service period of three years. The number of shares distributed at vesting could be higher or lower than the original grant based on the level of attainment of predetermined Company performance measures.

At September 30, 2016, total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested performance-based awards was $114 million. The unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted-average period of 1.9 years.

The Company values performance-based RSUs at their grant-date fair value as measured by BlackRock’s common stock price. The total grant-date fair market value of performance-based RSUs granted to employees during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $111 million.

At September 30, 2016, the intrinsic value of outstanding performance-based RSUs was $225 million reflecting a closing stock price of $362.46.

Long-Term Incentive Plans Funded by PNC.    Under a share surrender agreement, PNC committed to provide up to 4 million shares of BlackRock stock, held by PNC, to fund certain BlackRock long-term incentive plans (“LTIP”). The current share surrender agreement commits PNC to provide BlackRock Series C nonvoting participating preferred stock to fund the remaining committed shares. As of September 30, 2016, 3.2 million shares had been surrendered by PNC.

At September 30, 2016, the remaining shares committed by PNC of 0.8 million were available to fund certain future long-term incentive awards.

Stock Options.    Stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 is summarized below:

 

Outstanding at

 

Shares

under

option

 

 

Weighted

average

exercise

price

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

154,094

 

 

$

167.76

 

Exercised

 

 

(154,094

)

 

$

167.76

 

September 30, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was $30 million.  

 

 

13.  Net Capital Requirements

The Company is required to maintain net capital in certain regulated subsidiaries within a number of jurisdictions, which is partially maintained by retaining cash and cash equivalent investments in those subsidiaries or jurisdictions. As a result, such subsidiaries of the Company may be restricted in their ability to transfer cash between different jurisdictions and to their parents. Additionally, transfers of cash between international jurisdictions, including repatriation to the United States, may have adverse tax consequences that could discourage such transfers.

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Capital Requirements.    At September 30, 2016, the Company was required to maintain approximately $1.3 billion in net capital in certain regulated subsidiaries, including BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company that is chartered as a national bank whose powers are limited to trust and other fiduciary activities and which is subject to regulatory capital requirements administered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency), entities regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom, and the Company’s broker-dealers. The Company was in compliance with all applicable regulatory net capital requirements.

 

 

14.  Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following tables present changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) by component for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:

 

(in millions)

 

Unrealized gains

(losses) on

available-for-sale

investments(1)

 

 

Benefit plans

 

 

Foreign

currency

translation

adjustments(2)

 

 

Total

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2016

 

$

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

(565

)

 

$

(560

)

Net other comprehensive income (loss) for

   the three months ended September 30, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(38

)

 

 

(38

)

September 30, 2016

 

$

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

(603

)

 

$

(598

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

$

(1

)

 

$

5

 

 

$

(452

)

 

$

(448

)

Other comprehensive income (loss)

   before reclassifications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(151

)

 

 

(151

)

Amount reclassified from AOCI(3)

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Net other comprehensive income (loss) for

   the nine months ended September 30, 2016

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

(151

)

 

 

(150

)

September 30, 2016

 

$

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

(603

)

 

$

(598

)

 

(1) 

All amounts are net of tax. The tax benefit (expense) was not material for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.

(2) 

Amount for the three months ended September 30, 2016 includes a loss from a net investment hedge of $5 million, net of a tax benefit of $4 million.  Amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 includes a loss from a net investment hedge of $16 million, net of a tax benefit of $10 million.    

(3) 

The pre-tax amount reclassified from AOCI was included in net gain (loss) on investments on the condensed consolidated statement of income.    


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(in millions)

 

Unrealized gains

(losses) on

available-for-sale

investments(1)

 

 

Benefit plans

 

 

Foreign

currency

translation

adjustments(2)

 

 

Total

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2015

 

$

1

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

(343

)

 

$

(339

)

Net other comprehensive income (loss) for

   the three months ended September 30, 2015

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

(67

)

 

 

(69

)

September 30, 2015

 

$

(1

)

 

$

3

 

 

$

(410

)

 

$

(408

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2014

 

$

2

 

 

$

4

 

 

$

(279

)

 

$

(273

)

Net other comprehensive income (loss) for

   the nine months ended September 30, 2015

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(131

)

 

 

(135

)

September 30, 2015

 

$

(1

)

 

$

3

 

 

$

(410

)

 

$

(408

)

 

(1) All amounts are net of tax. The tax benefit (expense) was not material for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015.

(2) Amounts for the three months ended September 30, 2015 include losses from a net investment hedge of $2 million.  Amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 included gains from a net investment hedge of $5 million, net of tax of $4 million.

 

15.  Capital Stock

Nonvoting Participating Preferred Stock.    The Company’s preferred shares authorized, issued and outstanding consisted of the following:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Series A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares authorized, $0.01 par value

 

 

20,000,000

 

 

 

20,000,000

 

Shares issued and outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares authorized, $0.01 par value

 

 

150,000,000

 

 

 

150,000,000

 

Shares issued and outstanding(1)

 

 

823,188

 

 

 

823,188

 

Series C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares authorized, $0.01 par value

 

 

6,000,000

 

 

 

6,000,000

 

Shares issued and outstanding(1)

 

 

763,660

 

 

 

1,311,887

 

Series D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares authorized, $0.01 par value

 

 

20,000,000

 

 

 

20,000,000

 

Shares issued and outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) 

Shares held by PNC.

Share Repurchases.    The Company repurchased 2.4 million common shares in open-market transactions under the share repurchase program for approximately $850 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.  At September 30, 2016, there were 3.8 million shares still authorized to be repurchased.

PNC Capital Contribution.   During the three months ended March 31, 2016, PNC surrendered to BlackRock 548,227 shares of BlackRock Series C Preferred to fund certain LTIP awards.

 


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16. Restructuring Charge

A restructuring charge of $76 million ($53 million after-tax), comprised of $44 million of severance and $32 million of expense related to the accelerated amortization of previously granted deferred cash and equity compensation awards, was recorded in the first quarter of 2016 in connection with a project to streamline and simplify the organization.      

 

The following table presents a rollforward of the Company’s restructuring liability for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, which is included within other liabilities on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition:

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

(in millions)

 

September 30, 2016

 

Liability as of December 31, 2015

 

$

 

Additions

 

 

76

 

Cash payments

 

 

(42

)

Accelerated amortization expense of equity-based awards

 

 

(28

)

Liability as of September 30, 2016

 

$

6

 

 

 

 

17.  Income Taxes

The three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 income tax expense included a $26 million net noncash tax benefit, primarily related to the revaluation of certain deferred income tax liabilities as a result of legislation enacted in the United Kingdom, and domestic state and local income tax changes.  The three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 also included nonrecurring tax benefits of $16 million and $35 million, respectively, primarily due to the resolution of certain outstanding tax matters.    

The three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 income tax expense included a $6 million net noncash tax benefit and $10 million net noncash expense, respectively, primarily associated with the revaluation of certain deferred income tax liabilities as a result of domestic state and local tax changes.  The nine months ended September 30, 2015 also included nonrecurring tax benefits of $75 million, primarily due to the realization of losses from changes in the Company’s organizational tax structure and the resolution of certain outstanding tax matters.

 

 

 

18.  Earnings Per Share

Due to the similarities in terms between BlackRock nonvoting participating preferred stock and the Company’s common stock, the Company considers its participating preferred stock to be a common stock equivalent for purposes of earnings per share (“EPS”) calculations. As such, the Company has included the outstanding nonvoting participating preferred stock in the calculation of average basic and diluted shares outstanding.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted EPS for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 under the treasury stock method:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions, except shares and per share data)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Net income attributable to BlackRock

 

$

875

 

 

$

843

 

 

$

2,321

 

 

$

2,484

 

Basic weighted-average shares outstanding

 

 

164,129,214

 

 

 

166,045,291

 

 

 

164,756,355

 

 

 

166,579,805

 

Dilutive effect of nonparticipating RSUs and stock

   options

 

 

2,127,384

 

 

 

2,620,012

 

 

 

2,004,557

 

 

 

2,577,383

 

Total diluted weighted-average shares outstanding

 

 

166,256,598

 

 

 

168,665,303

 

 

 

166,760,912

 

 

 

169,157,188

 

Basic earnings per share

 

$

5.33

 

 

$

5.08

 

 

$

14.09

 

 

$

14.91

 

Diluted earnings per share

 

$

5.26

 

 

$

5.00

 

 

$

13.92

 

 

$

14.68

 

 

 

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19.  Segment Information

The Company’s management directs BlackRock’s operations as one business, the asset management business. The Company utilizes a consolidated approach to assess performance and allocate resources. As such, the Company operates in one business segment.

The following table illustrates investment advisory, administration fees, securities lending revenue and performance fees by product type, BlackRock Solutions and advisory revenue, distribution fees and other revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Equity

 

$

1,284

 

 

$

1,281

 

 

$

3,746

 

 

$

4,013

 

Fixed income

 

 

695

 

 

 

614

 

 

 

1,975

 

 

 

1,789

 

Multi-asset

 

 

286

 

 

 

325

 

 

 

866

 

 

 

961

 

Alternatives

 

 

221

 

 

 

363

 

 

 

633

 

 

 

839

 

Cash management

 

 

118

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

340

 

 

 

230

 

Total investment advisory, administration fees,

   securities lending revenue and performance

   fees

 

 

2,604

 

 

 

2,664

 

 

 

7,560

 

 

 

7,832

 

BlackRock Solutions and advisory

 

 

174

 

 

 

167

 

 

 

517

 

 

 

475

 

Distribution fees

 

 

10

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

44

 

Other revenue

 

 

49

 

 

 

65

 

 

 

156

 

 

 

187

 

Total revenue

 

$

2,837

 

 

$

2,910

 

 

$

8,265

 

 

$

8,538

 

 

The following table illustrates total revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 by geographic region. These amounts are aggregated on a legal entity basis and do not necessarily reflect where the customer resides.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

(in millions)

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

Revenue

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Americas

 

$

1,934

 

 

$

1,865

 

 

$

5,580

 

 

$

5,632

 

Europe

 

 

773

 

 

 

906

 

 

 

2,287

 

 

 

2,494

 

Asia-Pacific

 

 

130

 

 

 

139

 

 

 

398

 

 

 

412

 

Total revenue

 

$

2,837

 

 

$

2,910

 

 

$

8,265

 

 

$

8,538

 

 

The following table illustrates long-lived assets that consist of goodwill and property and equipment at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 by geographic region. These amounts are aggregated on a legal entity basis and do not necessarily reflect where the asset is physically located.

 

(in millions)

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

Long-lived Assets

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Americas

 

$

13,427

 

 

$

13,422

 

Europe

 

 

168

 

 

 

186

 

Asia-Pacific

 

 

93

 

 

 

96

 

Total long-lived assets

 

$

13,688

 

 

$

13,704

 

 

Americas primarily is comprised of the United States and Canada, while Europe primarily is comprised of the United Kingdom and Luxembourg. Asia-Pacific primarily is comprised of Hong Kong, Australia, Japan and Singapore.

 


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20.  Subsequent Events

The Company conducted a review for subsequent events and determined that no subsequent events had occurred that would require accrual or additional disclosures.

     

 

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Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report, and other statements that BlackRock may make, may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, with respect to BlackRock’s future financial or business performance, strategies or expectations. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as “trend,” “potential,” “opportunity,” “pipeline,” “believe,” “comfortable,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “current,” “intention,” “estimate,” “position,” “assume,” “outlook,” “continue,” “remain,” “maintain,” “sustain,” “seek,” “achieve,” and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may” and similar expressions.

BlackRock cautions that forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and BlackRock assumes no duty to and does not undertake to update forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements and future results could differ materially from historical performance.

In addition to risk factors previously disclosed in BlackRock’s Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reports and those identified elsewhere in this report, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements or historical performance: (1) the introduction, withdrawal, success and timing of business initiatives and strategies; (2) changes and volatility in political, economic or industry conditions, the interest rate environment, foreign exchange rates or financial and capital markets, which could result in changes in demand for products or services or in the value of assets under management (“AUM”); (3) the relative and absolute investment performance of BlackRock’s investment products; (4) the impact of increased competition; (5) the impact of future acquisitions or divestitures; (6) the unfavorable resolution of legal proceedings; (7) the extent and timing of any share repurchases; (8) the impact, extent and timing of technological changes and the adequacy of intellectual property, information and cyber security protection; (9) the impact of legislative and regulatory actions and reforms, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and regulatory, supervisory or enforcement actions of government agencies relating to BlackRock or The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (“PNC”); (10) terrorist activities, international hostilities and natural disasters, which may adversely affect the general economy, domestic and local financial and capital markets, specific industries or BlackRock; (11) the ability to attract and retain highly talented professionals; (12) fluctuations in the carrying value of BlackRock’s economic investments; (13) the impact of changes to tax legislation, including income, payroll and transaction taxes, and taxation on products or transactions, which could affect the value proposition to clients and, generally, the tax position of the Company; (14) BlackRock’s success in maintaining the distribution of its products; (15) the impact of BlackRock electing to provide support to its products from time to time and any potential liabilities related to securities lending or other indemnification obligations; and (16) the impact of problems at other financial institutions or the failure or negative performance of products at other financial institutions.

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OVERVIEW

BlackRock, Inc. (together, with its subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise indicates, “BlackRock” or the “Company”) is a leading publicly traded investment management firm with $5.1 trillion of AUM at September 30, 2016. With approximately 13,000 employees in 30 countries, BlackRock provides a broad range of investment and risk management services to institutional and retail clients worldwide.

BlackRock’s diverse platform of active (alpha) and index (beta) investment strategies across asset classes enables the Company to tailor investment outcomes and asset allocation solutions for clients. Product offerings include single- and multi-asset class portfolios investing in equities, fixed income, alternatives and money market instruments. Products are offered directly and through intermediaries in a variety of vehicles, including open-end and closed-end mutual funds, iShares® exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), separate accounts, collective investment funds and other pooled investment vehicles. BlackRock also offers the BlackRock Solutions® investment and risk management technology platform, Aladdin®, risk analytics and advisory services and solutions to a broad base of institutional investors.

BlackRock serves a diverse mix of institutional and retail clients across the globe. Clients include tax-exempt institutions, such as defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, charities, foundations and endowments; official institutions, such as central banks, sovereign wealth funds, supranationals and other government entities; taxable institutions, including insurance companies, financial institutions, corporations and third-party fund sponsors, and retail investors.

BlackRock maintains a significant global sales and marketing presence that is focused on establishing and maintaining retail and institutional investment management relationships by marketing its services to investors directly and through financial professionals and pension consultants, and establishing third-party distribution relationships.

At September 30, 2016, PNC held 21.3% of the Company’s voting common stock and 22.0% of the Company’s capital stock, which includes outstanding common and nonvoting preferred stock.

Certain items previously reported have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

 

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS

 

Acquisitions and Divestitures

In April 2016, the Company completed a transaction with BofA® Global Capital Management that transferred investment management responsibilities of $80.6 billion of cash assets under management to the Company.  Total consideration included $75 million of contingent consideration.  BlackRock’s platform provides clients with broad access to high quality, global liquidity investment solutions.

 

In August 2016, the Company completed the transfer of its UK Defined Contribution Administration and Platform business to Aegon N.V. (“Aegon”).  The Company continues to be the primary investment manager for the clients who transferred to Aegon in connection with the transaction.  The associated Part VII transfer of the underlying assets and liabilities to Aegon is subject to regulatory and court approval.  

 

These transactions were not material to the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of financial condition or results of operations.

 

United Kingdom Exit from European Union

In June 2016, the United Kingdom held a referendum in which voters approved an exit from the European Union (“EU”), commonly referred to as "Brexit", which resulted in significant volatility in several international markets. The timing and the outcome of the negotiations between the United Kingdom and the EU in connection with Brexit are both highly uncertain and information regarding the long-term consequences of the vote is expected to become clearer over time. The Company will continue to monitor the potential impact of Brexit on its results of operations and financial condition.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions, except shares and per share data)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

GAAP basis:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenue

 

$

2,837

 

 

$

2,910

 

 

$

8,265

 

 

$

8,538

 

Total expense

 

 

1,628

 

 

 

1,688

 

 

 

4,920

 

 

 

5,011

 

Operating income

 

 

1,209

 

 

 

1,222

 

 

 

3,345

 

 

 

3,527

 

Operating margin

 

 

42.6

%

 

 

42.0

%

 

 

40.5

%

 

 

41.3

%

Nonoperating income (expense), less net income (loss)

   attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(72

)

Income tax expense

 

 

(333

)

 

 

(342

)

 

 

(954

)

 

 

(971

)

Net income attributable to BlackRock

 

$

875

 

 

$

843

 

 

$

2,321

 

 

$

2,484

 

Diluted earnings per common share

 

$

5.26

 

 

$

5.00

 

 

$

13.92

 

 

$

14.68

 

Effective tax rate

 

 

27.6

%

 

 

28.8

%

 

 

29.1

%

 

 

28.1

%

As adjusted(1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

$

1,216

 

 

$

1,227

 

 

$

3,442

 

 

$

3,552

 

Operating margin

 

 

44.8

%

 

 

43.9

%

 

 

43.5

%

 

 

43.4

%

Nonoperating income (expense), less net income (loss)

   attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(32

)

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(71

)

Net income attributable to BlackRock

 

$

854

 

 

$

844

 

 

$

2,362

 

 

$

2,512

 

Diluted earnings per common share

 

$

5.14

 

 

$

5.00

 

 

$

14.16

 

 

$

14.85

 

Effective tax rate

 

 

29.7

%

 

 

29.3

%

 

 

30.0

%

 

 

27.8

%

Other:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets under management (end of period)

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

4,505,721

 

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

4,505,721

 

Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding(2)

 

 

166,256,598

 

 

 

168,665,303

 

 

 

166,760,912

 

 

 

169,157,188

 

Common and preferred shares outstanding (end of period)

 

 

163,858,070

 

 

 

166,057,085

 

 

 

163,858,070

 

 

 

166,057,085

 

Book value per share(3)

 

$

176.40

 

 

$

169.44

 

 

$

176.40

 

 

$

169.44

 

Cash dividends declared and paid per share

 

$

2.29

 

 

$

2.18

 

 

$

6.87

 

 

$

6.54

 

 

  

(1) 

As adjusted items are described in more detail in Non-GAAP Financial Measures.

(2) 

Nonvoting participating preferred shares are considered to be common stock equivalents for purposes of determining basic and diluted earnings per share calculations.

(3) 

Total BlackRock stockholders’ equity divided by total common and preferred shares outstanding at September 30 of the respective period-end.

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THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 COMPARED WITH THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

GAAP.    Operating income of $1,209 million decreased $13 million from the third quarter of 2015. Operating income was impacted by lower performance fees, partially offset by higher year-over-year base fees, expense discipline and growth in Aladdin revenue. Operating margin of 42.6% increased 60 bps from third quarter of 2015 driven by continued expense discipline in the current quarter.  Nonoperating income (expense), less net income (loss) attributable to NCI, increased $36 million due to higher net gains on investments and dividend income in the third quarter of 2016.

Third quarter 2016 income tax expense included a $26 million net noncash tax benefit, primarily related to the revaluation of certain deferred income tax liabilities as a result of legislation enacted in the United Kingdom, and domestic state and local income tax changes.  Third quarter 2016 income tax expense also included nonrecurring tax benefits of $16 million primarily due to the resolution of certain outstanding tax matters.  Third quarter 2015 income tax expense included a $6 million net noncash tax benefit, primarily associated with the revaluation of certain deferred income tax liabilities as a result of domestic state and local tax changes. See Income Tax Expense within Discussion of Financial Results for more information.

Earnings per diluted common share increased $0.26, or 5%, from the third quarter of 2015, reflecting higher net income in the current period, and the benefit of share repurchases.

As Adjusted.    Operating income of $1,216 million decreased $11 million, and operating margin of 44.8% increased 90 bps, from the third quarter of 2015.  Income tax expense for the third quarter of 2016 and 2015 excluded the $26 million and $6 million net noncash benefit, respectively, described above.  Earnings per diluted common share increased $0.14, or 3%, from the third quarter of 2015.

 

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 COMPARED WITH NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

GAAP.    Operating income of $3,345 million decreased $182 million and operating margin of 40.5% decreased 80 bps from the nine months ended September 30, 2015. Operating income was impacted by lower performance fees, partially offset by expense discipline and growth in Aladdin revenue.  Operating income also reflected a restructuring charge of $76 million recorded in the first quarter of 2016 in connection with a project to streamline and simplify the organization. Nonoperating income (expense), less net income (loss) attributable to NCI, increased $2 million due to higher net gains on investments and dividend income during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, partially offset by a $40 million noncash gain related to BlackRock Kelso Capital Advisors LLC (“BKCA”) recorded in the first quarter of 2015.

Income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 included the $26 million net noncash tax benefit mentioned above and nonrecurring tax benefits of $35 million. Income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 included $10 million net noncash expense primarily associated with the revaluation of certain deferred income tax liabilities and nonrecurring tax benefits of $75 million.  See Income Tax Expense within Discussion of Financial Results for more information.

Earnings per diluted common share decreased $0.76, or 5%, from the nine months ended September 30, 2015, reflecting lower net income in the current period, partially offset by the benefit of share repurchases.

As Adjusted.    Operating income of $3,442 million decreased $110 million, and operating margin of 43.5% increased 10 bps, from the nine months ended September 30, 2015.  The pre-tax restructuring charge of $76 million described above was excluded from as adjusted results.  Income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 excluded the previously described net noncash benefit of $26 million and net noncash expense of $10 million, respectively, and included the nonrecurring tax benefits described above.  Earnings per diluted common share decreased $0.69, or 5%, from the nine months ended September 30, 2015.  

See Non-GAAP Financial Measures for further information on and reconciliation of adjusted items.

For further discussion of BlackRock’s revenue, expense, nonoperating results and income tax expense, see Discussion of Financial Results herein.

 

 

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NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

BlackRock reports its financial results in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”); however, management believes evaluating the Company’s ongoing operating results may be enhanced if investors have additional non-GAAP financial measures. Management reviews non-GAAP financial measures to assess ongoing operations and, for the reasons described below, considers them to be effective indicators, for both management and investors, of BlackRock’s financial performance over time. Management also uses non-GAAP financial measures as a benchmark to compare its performance with other companies and to enhance the comparability of this information for the reporting periods presented. Non-GAAP measures may pose limitations because they do not include all of BlackRock’s revenue and expense. BlackRock’s management does not advocate that investors consider such non-GAAP financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Management uses both GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures in evaluating BlackRock’s financial performance. Adjustments to GAAP financial measures (“non-GAAP adjustments”) include certain items management deems nonrecurring or that occur infrequently, transactions that ultimately will not impact BlackRock’s book value or certain tax items that do not impact cash flow.

Computations for all periods are derived from the condensed consolidated statements of income as follows:

(1) Operating income, as adjusted, and operating margin, as adjusted:

Management believes operating income, as adjusted, and operating margin, as adjusted, are effective indicators of BlackRock’s financial performance over time and, therefore, provide useful disclosure to investors.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Operating income, GAAP basis

 

$

1,209

 

 

$

1,222

 

 

$

3,345

 

 

$

3,527

 

Non-GAAP expense adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restructuring charge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

PNC LTIP funding obligation

 

 

7

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

26

 

Compensation expense related to appreciation

   (depreciation) on deferred compensation plans

 

 

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Operating income, as adjusted

 

 

1,216

 

 

 

1,227

 

 

 

3,442

 

 

 

3,552

 

Product launch costs and commissions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

Operating income used for operating margin measurement

 

$

1,216

 

 

$

1,227

 

 

$

3,442

 

 

$

3,557

 

Revenue, GAAP basis

 

$

2,837

 

 

$

2,910

 

 

$

8,265

 

 

$

8,538

 

Non-GAAP adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distribution and servicing costs

 

 

(114

)

 

 

(102

)

 

 

(320

)

 

 

(306

)

Amortization of deferred sales commissions

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(27

)

 

 

(37

)

Revenue used for operating margin measurement

 

$

2,715

 

 

$

2,796

 

 

$

7,918

 

 

$

8,195

 

Operating margin, GAAP basis

 

 

42.6

%

 

 

42.0

%

 

 

40.5

%

 

 

41.3

%

Operating margin, as adjusted

 

 

44.8

%

 

 

43.9

%

 

 

43.5

%

 

 

43.4

%

 

 

Operating income, as adjusted, includes non-GAAP expense adjustments. A restructuring charge comprised of severance and accelerated amortization expense of previously granted deferred compensation awards has been excluded to provide more meaningful analysis of BlackRock’s ongoing operations and to ensure comparability among periods presented.  The portion of compensation expense associated with certain long-term incentive plans (“LTIP”) funded, or to be funded, through share distributions to participants of BlackRock stock held by PNC has been excluded because it ultimately does not impact BlackRock’s book value. Compensation expense associated with appreciation (depreciation) on investments related to certain BlackRock deferred compensation plans has been excluded, as returns on investments set aside for these plans, which substantially offset this expense, are reported in nonoperating income (expense).

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Operating income used for measuring operating margin, as adjusted, is equal to operating income, as adjusted, excluding the impact of product launch costs (e.g. closed-end fund launch costs) and related commissions. Management believes the exclusion of such costs and related commissions is useful because these costs can fluctuate considerably and revenue associated with the expenditure of these costs will not fully impact the Company’s results until future periods.

Revenue used for operating margin, as adjusted, excludes distribution and servicing costs paid to related parties and other third parties. Management believes the exclusion of such costs is useful because it creates consistency in the treatment for certain contracts for similar services, which due to the terms of the contracts, are accounted for under GAAP on a net basis within investment advisory, administration fees and securities lending revenue. Amortization of deferred sales commissions is excluded from revenue used for operating margin measurement, as adjusted, because such costs, over time, substantially offset distribution fee revenue the Company earns. For each of these items, BlackRock excludes from revenue used for operating margin, as adjusted, the costs related to each of these items as a proxy for such offsetting revenue.

(2) Nonoperating income (expense), less net income (loss) attributable to NCI, as adjusted:

Nonoperating income (expense), less net income (loss) attributable to NCI, as adjusted, equals nonoperating income (expense), GAAP basis, less net income (loss) attributable to NCI, adjusted for compensation expense associated with (appreciation) depreciation on investments related to certain BlackRock deferred compensation plans. The compensation expense offset is recorded in operating income. This compensation expense has been included in nonoperating income (expense), less net income (loss) attributable to NCI, as adjusted, to offset returns on investments set aside for these plans, which are reported in nonoperating income (expense), GAAP basis.

Management believes nonoperating income (expense), less net income (loss) attributable to NCI, as adjusted, provides comparability of information among reporting periods and is an effective measure for reviewing BlackRock’s nonoperating contribution to results.  

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Nonoperating income (expense), GAAP basis

 

$

1

 

 

$

(48

)

 

$

(72

)

 

$

(73

)

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to NCI

 

 

2

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(1

)

Nonoperating income (expense), net of NCI

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(72

)

Compensation expense related to (appreciation)

   depreciation on deferred compensation plans

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Nonoperating income (expense), less net income

   (loss) attributable to NCI, as adjusted

 

$

(1

)

 

$

(32

)

 

$

(70

)

 

$

(71

)

 

(3) Net income attributable to BlackRock, as adjusted:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions, except per share data)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Net income attributable to BlackRock, GAAP basis

 

$

875

 

 

$

843

 

 

$

2,321

 

 

$

2,484

 

Non-GAAP adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restructuring charge (including $23 tax benefit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

PNC LTIP funding obligation, net of tax

 

 

5

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

18

 

Income tax matters

 

 

(26

)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(26

)

 

 

10

 

Net income attributable to BlackRock, as adjusted

 

$

854

 

 

$

844

 

 

$

2,362

 

 

$

2,512

 

Diluted weighted-average common shares

   outstanding(4)

 

 

166.3

 

 

168.7

 

 

 

166.8

 

 

 

169.2

 

Diluted earnings per common share, GAAP basis(4)

 

$

5.26

 

 

$

5.00

 

 

$

13.92

 

 

$

14.68

 

Diluted earnings per common share, as adjusted(4)

 

$

5.14

 

 

$

5.00

 

 

$

14.16

 

 

$

14.85

 

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Management believes net income attributable to BlackRock, Inc., as adjusted, and diluted earnings per common share, as adjusted, are useful measures of BlackRock’s profitability and financial performance. Net income attributable to BlackRock, Inc., as adjusted, equals net income attributable to BlackRock, Inc., GAAP basis, adjusted for significant nonrecurring items, charges that ultimately will not impact BlackRock’s book value or certain tax items that do not impact cash flow.

 

See aforementioned discussion regarding operating income, as adjusted, and operating margin, as adjusted, for information on the PNC LTIP funding obligation and the restructuring charge.

For each period presented, the non-GAAP adjustment related to the restructuring charge and PNC LTIP funding obligation was tax effected at the respective blended rates applicable to the adjustments.  Amounts for income tax matters represent net noncash (benefits) expense primarily associated with the revaluation of certain deferred tax liabilities related to intangible assets and goodwill.  Amounts have been excluded from the as adjusted results as these items will not have a cash flow impact and to ensure comparability among periods presented.  

Per share amounts reflect net income attributable to BlackRock, as adjusted divided by diluted weighted average common shares outstanding.

(4) Nonvoting participating preferred stock is considered to be a common stock equivalent for purposes of determining basic and diluted earnings per share calculations.

 

 

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ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT

AUM for reporting purposes generally is based upon how investment advisory and administration fees are calculated for each portfolio. Net asset values, total assets, committed assets or other measures may be used to determine portfolio AUM.

AUM and Net Inflows (Outflows) by Client Type

 

 

 

AUM

 

 

Net Inflows (Outflows)

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Three

Months

Ended

September 30,

 

 

Nine

Months

Ended

September 30,

 

 

Twelve

Months

Ended

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2016

 

 

2016

 

Retail

 

$

554,778

 

 

$

544,427

 

 

$

541,125

 

 

$

535,208

 

 

$

(2,228

)

 

$

(8,879

)

 

$

(1,859

)

iShares

 

 

1,246,166

 

 

 

1,154,122

 

 

 

1,092,561

 

 

 

1,010,493

 

 

 

51,257

 

 

 

91,178

 

 

 

151,402

 

Institutional:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

 

1,039,653

 

 

 

1,009,721

 

 

 

962,852

 

 

 

959,354

 

 

 

7,531

 

 

 

11,612

 

 

 

11,994

 

Index

 

 

1,877,501

 

 

 

1,796,654

 

 

 

1,738,777

 

 

 

1,702,739

 

 

 

(1,376

)

 

 

(1,111

)

 

 

(14,872

)

Institutional subtotal

 

 

2,917,154

 

 

 

2,806,375

 

 

 

2,701,629

 

 

 

2,662,093

 

 

 

6,155

 

 

 

10,501

 

 

 

(2,878

)

Long-term

 

 

4,718,098

 

 

 

4,504,924

 

 

 

4,335,315

 

 

 

4,207,794

 

 

 

55,184

 

 

 

92,800

 

 

 

146,665

 

Cash management

 

 

388,982

 

 

 

374,684

 

 

 

299,884

 

 

 

285,692

 

 

 

14,696

 

 

 

11,556

 

 

 

27,323

 

Advisory(1)

 

 

10,341

 

 

 

10,513

 

 

 

10,213

 

 

 

12,235

 

 

 

(71

)

 

 

(216

)

 

 

(1,963

)

Total

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

4,890,121

 

 

$

4,645,412

 

 

$

4,505,721

 

 

$

69,809

 

 

$

104,140

 

 

$

172,025

 

AUM and Net Inflows (Outflows) by Product Type

 

 

 

AUM

 

 

Net Inflows (Outflows)

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Three

Months

Ended

September 30,

 

 

Nine

Months

Ended

September 30,

 

 

Twelve

Months

Ended

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2016

 

 

2016

 

Equity

 

$

2,566,039

 

 

$

2,432,558

 

 

$

2,423,772

 

 

$

2,273,237

 

 

$

13,350

 

 

$

(6,541

)

 

$

46,924

 

Fixed income

 

 

1,628,268

 

 

 

1,566,656

 

 

 

1,422,368

 

 

 

1,445,637

 

 

 

36,981

 

 

 

94,648

 

 

 

94,805

 

Multi-asset

 

 

402,261

 

 

 

386,520

 

 

 

376,336

 

 

 

375,001

 

 

 

3,038

 

 

 

(629

)

 

 

(851

)

Alternatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core

 

 

88,731

 

 

 

89,912

 

 

 

92,085

 

 

 

91,358

 

 

 

(1,408

)

 

 

(2,382

)

 

 

(1,424

)

Currency and

   commodities(2)

 

 

32,799

 

 

 

29,278

 

 

 

20,754

 

 

 

22,561

 

 

 

3,223

 

 

 

7,704

 

 

 

7,211

 

Subtotal

 

 

121,530

 

 

 

119,190

 

 

 

112,839

 

 

 

113,919

 

 

 

1,815

 

 

 

5,322

 

 

 

5,787

 

Long-term

 

 

4,718,098

 

 

 

4,504,924

 

 

 

4,335,315

 

 

 

4,207,794

 

 

 

55,184

 

 

 

92,800

 

 

 

146,665

 

Cash management

 

 

388,982

 

 

 

374,684

 

 

 

299,884

 

 

 

285,692

 

 

 

14,696

 

 

 

11,556

 

 

 

27,323

 

Advisory(1)

 

 

10,341

 

 

 

10,513

 

 

 

10,213

 

 

 

12,235

 

 

 

(71

)

 

 

(216

)

 

 

(1,963

)

Total

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

4,890,121

 

 

$

4,645,412

 

 

$

4,505,721

 

 

$

69,809

 

 

$

104,140

 

 

$

172,025

 

AUM and Net Inflows (Outflows) by Investment Style

 

 

 

AUM

 

 

Net Inflows (Outflows)

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Three

Months

Ended

September 30,

 

 

Nine

Months

Ended

September 30,

 

 

Twelve

Months

Ended

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2016

 

 

2016

 

Active

 

$

1,547,473

 

 

$

1,510,424

 

 

$

1,462,672

 

 

$

1,456,692

 

 

$

4,039

 

 

$

(228

)

 

$

4,771

 

Index & iShares

 

 

3,170,625

 

 

 

2,994,500

 

 

 

2,872,643

 

 

 

2,751,102

 

 

 

51,145

 

 

 

93,028

 

 

 

141,894

 

Long-term

 

 

4,718,098

 

 

 

4,504,924

 

 

 

4,335,315

 

 

 

4,207,794

 

 

 

55,184

 

 

 

92,800

 

 

 

146,665

 

Cash management

 

 

388,982

 

 

 

374,684

 

 

 

299,884

 

 

 

285,692

 

 

 

14,696

 

 

 

11,556

 

 

 

27,323

 

Advisory(1)

 

 

10,341

 

 

 

10,513

 

 

 

10,213

 

 

 

12,235

 

 

 

(71

)

 

 

(216

)

 

 

(1,963

)

Total

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

4,890,121

 

 

$

4,645,412

 

 

$

4,505,721

 

 

$

69,809

 

 

$

104,140

 

 

$

172,025

 

 

(1) 

Advisory AUM represents long-term portfolio liquidation assignments.

(2) 

Amounts include commodity iShares.

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Component Changes in AUM for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2016

The following table presents the component changes in AUM by client type and product for the three months ended September 30, 2016.

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

Net

inflows

 

 

Market

 

 

FX

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Average

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

(outflows)

 

 

change

 

 

impact(1)

 

 

2016

 

 

AUM(2)

 

Retail:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

$

191,980

 

 

$

(3,889

)

 

$

8,550

 

 

$

(510

)

 

$

196,131

 

 

$

195,266

 

Fixed income

 

 

223,710

 

 

 

5,801

 

 

 

1,228

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

230,842

 

 

 

228,099

 

Multi-asset

 

 

111,456

 

 

 

(3,452

)

 

 

3,435

 

 

 

(70

)

 

 

111,369

 

 

 

112,263

 

Alternatives

 

 

17,281

 

 

 

(688

)

 

 

(190

)

 

 

33

 

 

 

16,436

 

 

 

16,753

 

Retail subtotal

 

 

544,427

 

 

 

(2,228

)

 

 

13,023

 

 

 

(444

)

 

 

554,778

 

 

 

552,381

 

iShares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

826,768

 

 

 

25,519

 

 

 

38,628

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

891,010

 

 

 

868,747

 

Fixed income

 

 

304,896

 

 

 

22,730

 

 

 

1,607

 

 

 

229

 

 

 

329,462

 

 

 

320,249

 

Multi-asset

 

 

2,328

 

 

 

124

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

2,506

 

 

 

2,430

 

Alternatives

 

 

20,130

 

 

 

2,884

 

 

 

160

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

23,188

 

 

 

22,162

 

iShares subtotal

 

 

1,154,122

 

 

 

51,257

 

 

 

40,451

 

 

 

336

 

 

 

1,246,166

 

 

 

1,213,588

 

Institutional:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

120,127

 

 

 

(3,357

)

 

 

7,455

 

 

 

(455

)

 

 

123,770

 

 

 

122,790

 

Fixed income

 

 

549,686

 

 

 

5,060

 

 

 

6,538

 

 

 

(485

)

 

 

560,799

 

 

 

557,357

 

Multi-asset

 

 

264,937

 

 

 

6,533

 

 

 

8,909

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

280,406

 

 

 

274,516

 

Alternatives

 

 

74,971

 

 

 

(705

)

 

 

565

 

 

 

(153

)

 

 

74,678

 

 

 

74,741

 

Active subtotal

 

 

1,009,721

 

 

 

7,531

 

 

 

23,467

 

 

 

(1,066

)

 

 

1,039,653

 

 

 

1,029,404

 

Index:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

1,293,683

 

 

 

(4,923

)

 

 

68,226

 

 

 

(1,858

)

 

 

1,355,128

 

 

 

1,335,780

 

Fixed income

 

 

488,364

 

 

 

3,390

 

 

 

21,566

 

 

 

(6,155

)

 

 

507,165

 

 

 

499,187

 

Multi-asset

 

 

7,799

 

 

 

(167

)

 

 

322

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

7,980

 

 

 

7,982

 

Alternatives

 

 

6,808

 

 

 

324

 

 

 

169

 

 

 

(73

)

 

 

7,228

 

 

 

7,081

 

Index subtotal

 

 

1,796,654

 

 

 

(1,376

)

 

 

90,283

 

 

 

(8,060

)

 

 

1,877,501

 

 

 

1,850,030

 

Institutional subtotal

 

 

2,806,375

 

 

 

6,155

 

 

 

113,750

 

 

 

(9,126

)

 

 

2,917,154

 

 

 

2,879,434

 

Long-term

 

 

4,504,924

 

 

 

55,184

 

 

 

167,224

 

 

 

(9,234

)

 

 

4,718,098

 

 

 

4,645,403

 

Cash management

 

 

374,684

 

 

 

14,696

 

 

 

219

 

 

 

(617

)

 

 

388,982

 

 

 

383,424

 

Advisory(3)

 

 

10,513

 

 

 

(71

)

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(87

)

 

 

10,341

 

 

 

10,419

 

Total

 

$

4,890,121

 

 

$

69,809

 

 

$

167,429

 

 

$

(9,938

)

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

5,039,246

 

 

 

(1) 

Foreign exchange reflects the impact of translating non-U.S. dollar denominated AUM into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes.

(2) 

Average AUM is calculated as the average of the month-end spot AUM amounts for the trailing four months.

(3) 

Advisory AUM represents long-term portfolio liquidation assignments.

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The following table presents component changes in AUM by product type for the three months ended September 30, 2016.

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

Net

inflows

 

 

Market

 

 

FX

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Average

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

(outflows)

 

 

change

 

 

impact(1)

 

 

2016

 

 

AUM(2)

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

$

276,348

 

 

$

(7,831

)

 

$

13,725

 

 

$

(516

)

 

$

281,726

 

 

$

281,136

 

iShares

 

 

826,768

 

 

 

25,519

 

 

 

38,628

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

891,010

 

 

 

868,747

 

Non-ETF index

 

 

1,329,442

 

 

 

(4,338

)

 

 

70,506

 

 

 

(2,307

)

 

 

1,393,303

 

 

 

1,372,700

 

Equity subtotal

 

 

2,432,558

 

 

 

13,350

 

 

 

122,859

 

 

 

(2,728

)

 

 

2,566,039

 

 

 

2,522,583

 

Fixed income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

 

765,431

 

 

 

10,182

 

 

 

7,455

 

 

 

(210

)

 

 

782,858

 

 

 

777,109

 

iShares

 

 

304,896

 

 

 

22,730

 

 

 

1,607

 

 

 

229

 

 

 

329,462

 

 

 

320,249

 

Non-ETF index

 

 

496,329

 

 

 

4,069

 

 

 

21,877

 

 

 

(6,327

)

 

 

515,948

 

 

 

507,534

 

Fixed income subtotal

 

 

1,566,656

 

 

 

36,981

 

 

 

30,939

 

 

 

(6,308

)

 

 

1,628,268

 

 

 

1,604,892

 

Multi-asset

 

 

386,520

 

 

 

3,038

 

 

 

12,722

 

 

 

(19

)

 

 

402,261

 

 

 

397,191

 

Alternatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core

 

 

89,912

 

 

 

(1,408

)

 

 

372

 

 

 

(145

)

 

 

88,731

 

 

 

89,149

 

Currency and commodities(3)

 

 

29,278

 

 

 

3,223

 

 

 

332

 

 

 

(34

)

 

 

32,799

 

 

 

31,588

 

Alternatives subtotal

 

 

119,190

 

 

 

1,815

 

 

 

704

 

 

 

(179

)

 

 

121,530

 

 

 

120,737

 

Long-term

 

 

4,504,924

 

 

 

55,184

 

 

 

167,224

 

 

 

(9,234

)

 

 

4,718,098

 

 

 

4,645,403

 

Cash management

 

 

374,684

 

 

 

14,696

 

 

 

219

 

 

 

(617

)

 

 

388,982

 

 

 

383,424

 

Advisory(4)

 

 

10,513

 

 

 

(71

)

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(87

)

 

 

10,341

 

 

 

10,419

 

Total

 

$

4,890,121

 

 

$

69,809

 

 

$

167,429

 

 

$

(9,938

)

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

5,039,246

 

 

(1) 

Foreign exchange reflects the impact of translating non-U.S. dollar denominated AUM into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes.

(2) 

Average AUM is calculated as the average of the month-end spot AUM amounts for the trailing four months.

(3) 

Amounts include commodity iShares.

(4) 

Advisory AUM represents long-term portfolio liquidation assignments.

The following table presents component changes in AUM by investment style for the three months ended September 30, 2016.

 

 

June 30,

 

 

Net

inflows

 

 

Market

 

 

FX

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Average

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

(outflows)

 

 

change

 

 

impact(1)

 

 

2016

 

 

AUM(2)

 

Active

 

$

1,510,424

 

 

$

4,039

 

 

$

33,900

 

 

$

(890

)

 

$

1,547,473

 

 

$

1,536,517

 

Index & iShares

 

 

2,994,500

 

 

 

51,145

 

 

 

133,324

 

 

 

(8,344

)

 

 

3,170,625

 

 

 

3,108,886

 

Long-term

 

 

4,504,924

 

 

 

55,184

 

 

 

167,224

 

 

 

(9,234

)

 

 

4,718,098

 

 

 

4,645,403

 

Cash management

 

 

374,684

 

 

 

14,696

 

 

 

219

 

 

 

(617

)

 

 

388,982

 

 

 

383,424

 

Advisory(3)

 

 

10,513

 

 

 

(71

)

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(87

)

 

 

10,341

 

 

 

10,419

 

Total

 

$

4,890,121

 

 

$

69,809

 

 

$

167,429

 

 

$

(9,938

)

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

5,039,246

 

 

(1) 

Foreign exchange reflects the impact of translating non-U.S. dollar denominated AUM into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes.

(2) 

Average AUM is calculated as the average of the month-end spot AUM amounts for the trailing four months.

(3) 

Advisory AUM represents long-term portfolio liquidation assignments.

AUM increased $227.3 billion, or 5%, to $5.117 trillion at September 30, 2016 from $4.890 trillion at June 30, 2016, driven by net market appreciation and positive net inflows.

Net market appreciation of $167.4 billion was driven by $122.9 billion from equity products, $30.9 billion from fixed income products and $12.7 billion from multi-asset products across the majority of strategies.

AUM decreased $9.9 billion due to the impact of foreign exchange movements, primarily resulting from the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, largely against the British pound, partially offset by the weakening of the U.S. dollar against the euro.

Net Inflows (Outflows) Long-term net inflows of $55.2 billion included $51.3 billion and $6.2 billion from iShares and institutional clients, respectively, offset by net outflows of $2.2 billion from retail clients.  Net flows in long-term products are described below.

 

iShares net inflows of $51.3 billion were led by equity net inflows of $25.5 billion, with strength in emerging market precision exposures and iShares Core ETFs.  Fixed income net inflows of $22.7

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billion were diversified across corporate, emerging markets and core bond funds.  Commodity iShares generated $2.9 billion of net inflows.

 

Institutional active net inflows of $7.5 billion were primarily due to multi-asset net inflows of $6.5 billion, driven by ongoing demand for solutions offerings and the LifePath® target-date series.  Fixed income net inflows of $5.1 billion reflected strong flows from insurance clients.  Equity net outflows of $3.4 billion were primarily due to outflows from Scientific Active equities and European equities.

 

Retail net outflows of $2.2 billion reflected net outflows of $1.9 billion and $0.3 billion from the United States and internationally, respectively. Fixed income saw net inflows of $5.8 billion, paced by flows into emerging market debt and high yield bond funds. Equity net outflows of $3.9 billion were primarily related to outflows from European and U.S. equities. Multi-asset net outflows of $3.5 billion were largely due to outflows from world allocation strategies.  

Cash management AUM increased 4% to $389.0 billion with net inflows of $14.7 billion, primarily reflecting net inflows into government funds partially offset by net outflows from prime strategies from Americas institutional clients ahead of U.S. money market reform. The increase in cash management AUM also included net inflows from EMEA institutional clients into offshore funds.

 

Component Changes in AUM for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016

The following table presents the component changes in AUM by client type and product for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

 

December 31,

 

 

Net

inflows

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

FX

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Average

 

(in millions)

 

2015

 

 

(outflows)

 

 

Acquisition(1)

 

 

change

 

 

impact(2)

 

 

2016

 

 

AUM(3)

 

Retail:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

$

193,755

 

 

$

(9,171

)

 

$

 

 

$

13,929

 

 

$

(2,382

)

 

$

196,131

 

 

$

192,072

 

Fixed income

 

 

212,653

 

 

 

10,239

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,929

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

230,842

 

 

 

220,956

 

Multi-asset

 

 

115,307

 

 

 

(7,668

)

 

 

 

 

 

4,216

 

 

 

(486

)

 

 

111,369

 

 

 

112,464

 

Alternatives

 

 

19,410

 

 

 

(2,279

)

 

 

 

 

 

(803

)

 

 

108

 

 

 

16,436

 

 

 

17,904

 

Retail subtotal

 

 

541,125

 

 

 

(8,879

)

 

 

 

 

 

25,271

 

 

 

(2,739

)

 

 

554,778

 

 

 

543,396

 

iShares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

823,156

 

 

 

24,264

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,747

 

 

 

2,843

 

 

 

891,010

 

 

 

828,932

 

Fixed income

 

 

254,190

 

 

 

60,238

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,126

 

 

 

908

 

 

 

329,462

 

 

 

296,192

 

Multi-asset

 

 

2,730

 

 

 

(340

)

 

 

 

 

 

110

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

2,506

 

 

 

2,341

 

Alternatives

 

 

12,485

 

 

 

7,016

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,642

 

 

 

45

 

 

 

23,188

 

 

 

18,100

 

iShares subtotal

 

 

1,092,561

 

 

 

91,178

 

 

 

 

 

 

58,625

 

 

 

3,802

 

 

 

1,246,166

 

 

 

1,145,565

 

Institutional:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

121,442

 

 

 

(4,644

)

 

 

 

 

 

8,459

 

 

 

(1,487

)

 

 

123,770

 

 

 

119,626

 

Fixed income

 

 

514,428

 

 

 

8,967

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,779

 

 

 

2,625

 

 

 

560,799

 

 

 

542,375

 

Multi-asset

 

 

252,041

 

 

 

7,664

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,920

 

 

 

(219

)

 

 

280,406

 

 

 

263,307

 

Alternatives

 

 

74,941

 

 

 

(375

)

 

 

 

 

 

549

 

 

 

(437

)

 

 

74,678

 

 

 

74,835

 

Active subtotal

 

 

962,852

 

 

 

11,612

 

 

 

 

 

 

64,707

 

 

 

482

 

 

 

1,039,653

 

 

 

1,000,143

 

Index:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

1,285,419

 

 

 

(16,990

)

 

 

 

 

 

83,247

 

 

 

3,452

 

 

 

1,355,128

 

 

 

1,291,634

 

Fixed income

 

 

441,097

 

 

 

15,204

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,566

 

 

 

(20,702

)

 

 

507,165

 

 

 

475,562

 

Multi-asset

 

 

6,258

 

 

 

(285

)

 

 

 

 

 

1,569

 

 

 

438

 

 

 

7,980

 

 

 

7,443

 

Alternatives

 

 

6,003

 

 

 

960

 

 

 

 

 

 

576

 

 

 

(311

)

 

 

7,228

 

 

 

6,518

 

Index subtotal

 

 

1,738,777

 

 

 

(1,111

)

 

 

 

 

 

156,958

 

 

 

(17,123

)

 

 

1,877,501

 

 

 

1,781,157

 

Institutional subtotal

 

 

2,701,629

 

 

 

10,501

 

 

 

 

 

 

221,665

 

 

 

(16,641

)

 

 

2,917,154

 

 

 

2,781,300

 

Long-term

 

 

4,335,315

 

 

 

92,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

305,561

 

 

 

(15,578

)

 

 

4,718,098

 

 

 

4,470,261

 

Cash management

 

 

299,884

 

 

 

11,556

 

 

 

80,635

 

 

 

206

 

 

 

(3,299

)

 

 

388,982

 

 

 

345,881

 

Advisory(4)

 

 

10,213

 

 

 

(216

)

 

 

 

 

 

(120

)

 

 

464

 

 

 

10,341

 

 

 

10,419

 

Total

 

$

4,645,412

 

 

$

104,140

 

 

$

80,635

 

 

$

305,647

 

 

$

(18,413

)

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

4,826,561

 

 

(1)  Amount represents AUM acquired in the BofA Global Capital Management transaction in April 2016.

(2) 

Foreign exchange reflects the impact of translating non-U.S. dollar denominated AUM into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes.

(3) 

Average AUM is calculated as the average of the month-end spot AUM amounts for the trailing ten months.

(4) 

Advisory AUM represents long-term portfolio liquidation assignments.

 

45


The following table presents component changes in AUM by product type for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

Net

inflows

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

FX

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

 

Average

 

(in millions)

 

2015

 

 

(outflows)

 

 

Acquisition(1)

 

 

change

 

 

impact(2)

 

 

2016

 

 

 

 

AUM(3)

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

$

281,319

 

 

$

(15,680

)

 

$

 

 

$

17,980

 

 

$

(1,893

)

 

$

281,726

 

 

 

 

$

276,494

 

iShares

 

 

823,156

 

 

 

24,264

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,747

 

 

 

2,843

 

 

 

891,010

 

 

 

 

 

828,932

 

Non-ETF index

 

 

1,319,297

 

 

 

(15,125

)

 

 

 

 

 

87,655

 

 

 

1,476

 

 

 

1,393,303

 

 

 

 

 

1,326,838

 

Equity subtotal

 

 

2,423,772

 

 

 

(6,541

)

 

 

 

 

 

146,382

 

 

 

2,426

 

 

 

2,566,039

 

 

 

 

 

2,432,264

 

Fixed income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

 

719,653

 

 

 

18,110

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,727

 

 

 

3,368

 

 

 

782,858

 

 

 

 

 

755,462

 

iShares

 

 

254,190

 

 

 

60,238

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,126

 

 

 

908

 

 

 

329,462

 

 

 

 

 

296,192

 

Non-ETF index

 

 

448,525

 

 

 

16,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

72,547

 

 

 

(21,424

)

 

 

515,948

 

 

 

 

 

483,431

 

Fixed income subtotal

 

 

1,422,368

 

 

 

94,648

 

 

 

 

 

 

128,400

 

 

 

(17,148

)

 

 

1,628,268

 

 

 

 

 

1,535,085

 

Multi-asset

 

 

376,336

 

 

 

(629

)

 

 

 

 

 

26,815

 

 

 

(261

)

 

 

402,261

 

 

 

 

 

385,555

 

Alternatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core

 

 

92,085

 

 

 

(2,382

)

 

 

 

 

 

(309

)

 

 

(663

)

 

 

88,731

 

 

 

 

 

90,424

 

Currency and commodities(4)

 

 

20,754

 

 

 

7,704

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,273

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

32,799

 

 

 

 

 

26,933

 

Alternatives subtotal

 

 

112,839

 

 

 

5,322

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,964

 

 

 

(595

)

 

 

121,530

 

 

 

 

 

117,357

 

Long-term

 

 

4,335,315

 

 

 

92,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

305,561

 

 

 

(15,578

)

 

 

4,718,098

 

 

 

 

 

4,470,261

 

Cash management

 

 

299,884

 

 

 

11,556

 

 

 

80,635

 

 

 

206

 

 

 

(3,299

)

 

 

388,982

 

 

 

 

 

345,881

 

Advisory(5)

 

 

10,213

 

 

 

(216

)

 

 

 

 

 

(120

)

 

 

464

 

 

 

10,341

 

 

 

 

 

10,419

 

Total

 

$

4,645,412

 

 

$

104,140

 

 

$

80,635

 

 

$

305,647

 

 

$

(18,413

)

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

 

 

$

4,826,561

 

 

 

(1) 

Amount represents AUM acquired in the BofA Global Capital Management transaction in April 2016.

(2) 

Foreign exchange reflects the impact of translating non-U.S. dollar denominated AUM into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes.

(3) 

Average AUM is calculated as the average of the month-end spot AUM amounts for the trailing ten months.

(4) 

Amounts include commodity iShares.

(5) 

Advisory AUM represents long-term portfolio liquidation assignments.

 

The following table presents component changes in AUM by investment style for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

Net

inflows

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

FX

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Average

 

(in millions)

 

2015

 

 

(outflows)

 

 

Acquisition(1)

 

 

change

 

 

impact(2)

 

 

2016

 

 

AUM(3)

 

Active

 

$

1,462,672

 

 

$

(228

)

 

$

 

 

$

84,589

 

 

$

440

 

 

$

1,547,473

 

 

$

1,500,466

 

Index & iShares

 

 

2,872,643

 

 

 

93,028

 

 

 

 

 

 

220,972

 

 

 

(16,018

)

 

 

3,170,625

 

 

 

2,969,795

 

Long-term

 

 

4,335,315

 

 

 

92,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

305,561

 

 

 

(15,578

)

 

 

4,718,098

 

 

 

4,470,261

 

Cash management

 

 

299,884

 

 

 

11,556

 

 

 

80,635

 

 

 

206

 

 

 

(3,299

)

 

 

388,982

 

 

 

345,881

 

Advisory(4)

 

 

10,213

 

 

 

(216

)

 

 

 

 

 

(120

)

 

 

464

 

 

 

10,341

 

 

 

10,419

 

Total

 

$

4,645,412

 

 

$

104,140

 

 

$

80,635

 

 

$

305,647

 

 

$

(18,413

)

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

4,826,561

 

 

 

(1) 

Amount represents AUM acquired in the BofA Global Capital Management transaction in April 2016.

(2) 

Foreign exchange reflects the impact of translating non-U.S. dollar denominated AUM into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes.

(3) 

Average AUM is calculated as the average of the month-end spot AUM amounts for the trailing ten months.

(4) 

Advisory AUM represents long-term portfolio liquidation assignments.

AUM increased $472.0 billion, or 10%, to $5.117 trillion at September 30, 2016 from $4.645 trillion at December 31, 2015, driven largely by net market appreciation, positive net inflows and AUM acquired in the BofA Global Capital Management transaction.

Net market appreciation of $305.6 billion was driven by $146.4 billion from equity products, $128.4 billion from fixed income products and $26.8 billion from multi-asset products across the majority of strategies.

46


AUM decreased $18.4 billion due to the impact of foreign exchange movements, primarily resulting from the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, largely against the British pound, partially offset by the weakening of the U.S. dollar, against the Japanese yen, euro, and Canadian dollar.

Net Inflows (Outflows).    Long-term net inflows of $92.8 billion were comprised of $91.2 billion and $10.5 billion from iShares and institutional clients, respectively, partially offset by net outflows of $8.9 billion from retail clients. Net flows in long-term products are described below.

 

iShares net inflows of $91.2 billion included fixed income net inflows of $60.2 billion, diversified across strategies, and equity net inflows of $24.3 billion with strength in emerging market precision exposures and iShares Core ETFs.  Commodity iShares generated $7.0 billion of net inflows.

 

Institutional active net inflows of $11.6 billion reflected active fixed income net inflows of $9.0 billion, led by net inflows into U.S. core strategies and multi-asset net inflows of $7.7 billion, driven by ongoing demand for solutions offerings and the LifePath target-date series, partially offset by equity net outflows of $4.6 billion.

 

Retail net outflows of $8.9 billion reflected net outflows of $3.7 billion and $5.2 billion from the United States and internationally, respectively. Equity net outflows of $9.2 billion were primarily related to outflows from European and U.S. equities. Multi-asset net outflows of $7.7 billion were largely due to outflows from world allocation strategies.  Fixed income saw net inflows of $10.2 billion, paced by flows into global strategies and municipals.

Cash management net inflows of $11.6 billion primarily reflected net inflows into government funds partially offset by net outflows from prime strategies from Americas institutional and retail clients ahead of U.S. money market reform.   Cash management net inflows also included net inflows from EMEA institutional clients into offshore funds.

 

 

47


Component Changes in AUM for the Twelve Months Ended September 30, 2016

The following table presents the component changes in AUM by client type and product for the twelve months ended September 30, 2016.

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Net

inflows

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

FX

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Average

 

(in millions)

 

2015

 

 

(outflows)

 

 

Acquisitions(1)

 

 

change

 

 

impact(2)

 

 

2016

 

 

AUM(3)

 

Retail:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

$

184,265

 

 

$

(2,443

)

 

$

 

 

$

18,203

 

 

$

(3,894

)

 

$

196,131

 

 

$

192,360

 

Fixed income

 

 

210,605

 

 

 

14,175

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,755

 

 

 

(693

)

 

 

230,842

 

 

 

218,901

 

Multi-asset

 

 

120,486

 

 

 

(11,233

)

 

 

366

 

 

 

2,444

 

 

 

(694

)

 

 

111,369

 

 

 

114,089

 

Alternatives

 

 

19,852

 

 

 

(2,358

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,025

)

 

 

(33

)

 

 

16,436

 

 

 

18,374

 

Retail subtotal

 

 

535,208

 

 

 

(1,859

)

 

 

366

 

 

 

26,377

 

 

 

(5,314

)

 

 

554,778

 

 

 

543,724

 

iShares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

748,458

 

 

 

71,824

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,109

 

 

 

(381

)

 

 

891,010

 

 

 

821,038

 

Fixed income

 

 

246,712

 

 

 

72,177

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,342

 

 

 

(769

)

 

 

329,462

 

 

 

286,110

 

Multi-asset

 

 

1,808

 

 

 

577

 

 

 

 

 

 

120

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

2,506

 

 

 

2,246

 

Alternatives

 

 

13,515

 

 

 

6,824

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,843

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

23,188

 

 

 

17,042

 

iShares subtotal

 

 

1,010,493

 

 

 

151,402

 

 

 

 

 

 

85,414

 

 

 

(1,143

)

 

 

1,246,166

 

 

 

1,126,436

 

Institutional:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

116,718

 

 

 

(4,421

)

 

 

 

 

 

14,226

 

 

 

(2,753

)

 

 

123,770

 

 

 

120,066

 

Fixed income

 

 

522,509

 

 

 

5,581

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,670

 

 

 

39

 

 

 

560,799

 

 

 

538,467

 

Multi-asset

 

 

245,776

 

 

 

10,674

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,244

 

 

 

(3,288

)

 

 

280,406

 

 

 

261,256

 

Alternatives

 

 

74,351

 

 

 

160

 

 

 

560

 

 

 

362

 

 

 

(755

)

 

 

74,678

 

 

 

74,820

 

Active subtotal

 

 

959,354

 

 

 

11,994

 

 

 

560

 

 

 

74,502

 

 

 

(6,757

)

 

 

1,039,653

 

 

 

994,609

 

Index:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

1,223,796

 

 

 

(18,036

)

 

 

 

 

 

152,702

 

 

 

(3,334

)

 

 

1,355,128

 

 

 

1,289,332

 

Fixed income

 

 

465,811

 

 

 

2,872

 

 

 

 

 

 

66,253

 

 

 

(27,771

)

 

 

507,165

 

 

 

473,484

 

Multi-asset

 

 

6,931

 

 

 

(869

)

 

 

 

 

 

1,557

 

 

 

361

 

 

 

7,980

 

 

 

7,282

 

Alternatives

 

 

6,201

 

 

 

1,161

 

 

 

 

 

 

253

 

 

 

(387

)

 

 

7,228

 

 

 

6,454

 

Index subtotal

 

 

1,702,739

 

 

 

(14,872

)

 

 

 

 

 

220,765

 

 

 

(31,131

)

 

 

1,877,501

 

 

 

1,776,552

 

Institutional subtotal

 

 

2,662,093

 

 

 

(2,878

)

 

 

560

 

 

 

295,267

 

 

 

(37,888

)

 

 

2,917,154

 

 

 

2,771,161

 

Long-term

 

 

4,207,794

 

 

 

146,665

 

 

 

926

 

 

 

407,058

 

 

 

(44,345

)

 

 

4,718,098

 

 

 

4,441,321

 

Cash management

 

 

285,692

 

 

 

27,323

 

 

 

80,635

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

(4,697

)

 

 

388,982

 

 

 

332,029

 

Advisory(4)

 

 

12,235

 

 

 

(1,963

)

 

 

 

 

 

(124

)

 

 

193

 

 

 

10,341

 

 

 

10,596

 

Total

 

$

4,505,721

 

 

$

172,025

 

 

$

81,561

 

 

$

406,963

 

 

$

(48,849

)

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

4,783,946

 

 

(1)  Amounts represent $560 million of AUM acquired in the Infraestructura Institucional acquisition in October 2015, $366 million of AUM acquired in the FutureAdvisor acquisition in October 2015 and $80.6 billion of AUM acquired in the BofA Global Capital Management transaction in April 2016. The FutureAdvisor acquisition amount does not include AUM that was held in iShares holdings.

(2) 

Foreign exchange reflects the impact of translating non-U.S. dollar denominated AUM into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes.

(3) 

Average AUM is calculated as the average of the month-end spot AUM amounts for the trailing thirteen months.

(4) 

Advisory AUM represents long-term portfolio liquidation assignments.

 

48


The following table presents component changes in AUM by product type for the twelve months ended September 30, 2016.

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Net

inflows

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

FX

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Average

 

(in millions)

 

2015

 

 

(outflows)

 

 

Acquisitions(1)

 

 

change

 

 

impact(2)

 

 

2016

 

 

AUM(3)

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

$

270,423

 

 

$

(10,814

)

 

$

 

 

$

26,313

 

 

$

(4,196

)

 

$

281,726

 

 

$

277,777

 

iShares

 

 

748,458

 

 

 

71,824

 

 

 

 

 

 

71,109

 

 

 

(381

)

 

 

891,010

 

 

 

821,038

 

Non-ETF index

 

 

1,254,356

 

 

 

(14,086

)

 

 

 

 

 

158,818

 

 

 

(5,785

)

 

 

1,393,303

 

 

 

1,323,981

 

Equity subtotal

 

 

2,273,237

 

 

 

46,924

 

 

 

 

 

 

256,240

 

 

 

(10,362

)

 

 

2,566,039

 

 

 

2,422,796

 

Fixed income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

 

725,802

 

 

 

18,341

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,470

 

 

 

245

 

 

 

782,858

 

 

 

749,590

 

iShares

 

 

246,712

 

 

 

72,177

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,342

 

 

 

(769

)

 

 

329,462

 

 

 

286,110

 

Non-ETF index

 

 

473,123

 

 

 

4,287

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,208

 

 

 

(28,670

)

 

 

515,948

 

 

 

481,262

 

Fixed income subtotal

 

 

1,445,637

 

 

 

94,805

 

 

 

 

 

 

117,020

 

 

 

(29,194

)

 

 

1,628,268

 

 

 

1,516,962

 

Multi-asset

 

 

375,001

 

 

 

(851

)

 

 

366

 

 

 

31,365

 

 

 

(3,620

)

 

 

402,261

 

 

 

384,873

 

Alternatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core

 

 

91,358

 

 

 

(1,424

)

 

 

560

 

 

 

(667

)

 

 

(1,096

)

 

 

88,731

 

 

 

90,760

 

Currency and commodities(4)

 

 

22,561

 

 

 

7,211

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,100

 

 

 

(73

)

 

 

32,799

 

 

 

25,930

 

Alternatives subtotal

 

 

113,919

 

 

 

5,787

 

 

 

560

 

 

 

2,433

 

 

 

(1,169

)

 

 

121,530

 

 

 

116,690

 

Long-term

 

 

4,207,794

 

 

 

146,665

 

 

 

926

 

 

 

407,058

 

 

 

(44,345

)

 

 

4,718,098

 

 

 

4,441,321

 

Cash management

 

 

285,692

 

 

 

27,323

 

 

 

80,635

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

(4,697

)

 

 

388,982

 

 

 

332,029

 

Advisory(5)

 

 

12,235

 

 

 

(1,963

)

 

 

 

 

 

(124

)

 

 

193

 

 

 

10,341

 

 

 

10,596

 

Total

 

$

4,505,721

 

 

$

172,025

 

 

$

81,561

 

 

$

406,963

 

 

$

(48,849

)

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

4,783,946

 

 

(1) 

Amounts represent $560 million of AUM acquired in the Infraestructura Institucional acquisition in October 2015, $366 million of AUM acquired in the FutureAdvisor acquisition in October 2015 and $80.6 billion of AUM acquired in the BofA Global Capital Management transaction in April 2016. The FutureAdvisor acquisition amount does not include AUM that was held in iShares holdings.

(2) 

Foreign exchange reflects the impact of translating non-U.S. dollar denominated AUM into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes.

(3) 

Average AUM is calculated as the average of the month-end spot AUM amounts for the trailing thirteen months.

(4) 

Amounts include commodity iShares.

(5) 

Advisory AUM represents long-term portfolio liquidation assignments.

The following table presents component changes in AUM by investment style for the twelve months ended September 30, 2016.

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Net

inflows

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market

 

 

FX

 

 

September 30,

 

 

Average

 

(in millions)

 

2015

 

 

(outflows)

 

 

Acquisitions(1)

 

 

change

 

 

impact(2)

 

 

2016

 

 

AUM(3)

 

Active

 

$

1,456,692

 

 

$

4,771

 

 

$

926

 

 

$

93,805

 

 

$

(8,721

)

 

$

1,547,473

 

 

$

1,495,906

 

Index & iShares

 

 

2,751,102

 

 

 

141,894

 

 

 

 

 

 

313,253

 

 

 

(35,624

)

 

 

3,170,625

 

 

 

2,945,415

 

Long-term

 

 

4,207,794

 

 

 

146,665

 

 

 

926

 

 

 

407,058

 

 

 

(44,345

)

 

 

4,718,098

 

 

 

4,441,321

 

Cash management

 

 

285,692

 

 

 

27,323

 

 

 

80,635

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

(4,697

)

 

 

388,982

 

 

 

332,029

 

Advisory(4)

 

 

12,235

 

 

 

(1,963

)

 

 

 

 

 

(124

)

 

 

193

 

 

 

10,341

 

 

 

10,596

 

Total

 

$

4,505,721

 

 

$

172,025

 

 

$

81,561

 

 

$

406,963

 

 

$

(48,849

)

 

$

5,117,421

 

 

$

4,783,946

 

 

(1) 

Amounts represent $560 million of AUM acquired in the Infraestructura Institucional acquisition in October 2015, $366 million of AUM acquired in the FutureAdvisor acquisition in October 2015 and $80.6 billion of AUM acquired in the BofA Global Capital Management transaction in April 2016. The FutureAdvisor acquisition amount does not include AUM that was held in iShares holdings.

(2) 

Foreign exchange reflects the impact of translating non-U.S. dollar denominated AUM into U.S. dollars for reporting purposes.

(3) 

Average AUM is calculated as the average of the month-end spot AUM amounts for the trailing thirteen months.

(4) 

Advisory AUM represents long-term portfolio liquidation assignments.

AUM increased $611.7 billion to $5.117 trillion at September 30, 2016 from $4.506 trillion at September 30, 2015, driven largely by net market appreciation, positive net inflows and AUM acquired in the BofA Global Capital Management transaction, partially offset by the impact of foreign exchange movements.

Net market appreciation of $407.0 billion was driven by $256.2 billion from equity products, $117.0 billion from fixed income products and $31.4 billion from multi-asset products across the majority of strategies.

AUM decreased $48.8 billion due to the impact of foreign exchange movements, primarily resulting from the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, largely against the British pound, partially offset by the weakening of the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen.

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Net Inflows (Outflows).    Long-term net inflows of $146.7 billion were comprised of $151.4 billion of net inflows from iShares, partially offset by net outflows of $2.9 billion and $1.9 billion from institutional and retail clients, respectively. Net flows in long-term products are described below.

 

iShares net inflows of $151.4 billion were led by fixed income net inflows of $72.2 billion diversified across strategies and equity net inflows of $71.8 billion with strength in iShares Core ETFs and in developed and emerging market exposures. Commodity iShares generated $6.8 billion of net inflows.

 

Institutional active net inflows of $12.0 billion reflected active multi-asset net inflows of $10.7 billion and active fixed income net inflows of $5.6 billion, partially offset by active equity net outflows of $4.4 billion.

 

Institutional index net outflows of $14.9 billion were driven by equity net outflows of $18.0 billion, partially offset by net inflows into fixed income.

 

Retail net outflows of $1.9 billion reflected multi-asset net outflows of $11.2 billion, including a single-client transition out of mutual funds into a series of iShares across asset classes in the fourth quarter of 2015, partially offset by fixed income net inflows of $14.2 billion, diversified across strategies.  

Cash management net inflows of $27.3 billion primarily reflected net inflows into government funds partially offset by net outflows from prime strategies from Americas institutional and retail clients ahead of U.S. money market reform. Cash management net inflows also included net inflows from EMEA institutional clients into offshore funds.

 

 

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DISCUSSION OF FINANCIAL RESULTS

The Company’s results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are discussed below. For a further description of the Company’s revenue and expense, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 (“2015 Form 10-K”).

Revenue

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Investment advisory, administration fees and

   securities lending revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

$

409

 

 

$

427

 

 

$

1,201

 

 

$

1,296

 

iShares

 

 

691

 

 

 

673

 

 

 

1,970

 

 

 

2,085

 

Non-ETF index

 

 

170

 

 

 

158

 

 

 

508

 

 

 

511

 

Equity subtotal

 

 

1,270

 

 

 

1,258

 

 

 

3,679

 

 

 

3,892

 

Fixed income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

 

427

 

 

 

402

 

 

 

1,237

 

 

 

1,162

 

iShares

 

 

188

 

 

 

139

 

 

 

512

 

 

 

407

 

Non-ETF index

 

 

78

 

 

 

70

 

 

 

217

 

 

 

210

 

Fixed income subtotal

 

 

693

 

 

 

611

 

 

 

1,966

 

 

 

1,779

 

Multi-asset

 

 

285

 

 

 

322

 

 

 

860

 

 

 

942

 

Alternatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core

 

 

156

 

 

 

166

 

 

 

488

 

 

 

481

 

Currency and commodities

 

 

24

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

61

 

 

 

56

 

Alternatives subtotal

 

 

180

 

 

 

184

 

 

 

549

 

 

 

537

 

Long-term

 

 

2,428

 

 

 

2,375

 

 

 

7,054

 

 

 

7,150

 

Cash management

 

 

118

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

340

 

 

 

230

 

Total base fees

 

 

2,546

 

 

 

2,456

 

 

 

7,394

 

 

 

7,380

 

Investment advisory performance fees:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

14

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

67

 

 

 

121

 

Fixed income

 

 

2

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

10

 

Multi-asset

 

 

1

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

19

 

Alternatives

 

 

41

 

 

 

179

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

302

 

Total performance fees

 

 

58

 

 

 

208

 

 

 

166

 

 

 

452

 

BlackRock Solutions and advisory

 

 

174

 

 

 

167

 

 

 

517

 

 

 

475

 

Distribution fees

 

 

10

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

44

 

Other revenue

 

 

49

 

 

 

65

 

 

 

156

 

 

 

187

 

Total revenue

 

$

2,837

 

 

$

2,910

 

 

$

8,265

 

 

$

8,538

 

 

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The table below lists the asset type mix of investment advisory, administration fees and securities lending revenue (collectively “base fees”) and mix of average AUM by product type:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

Mix of Base Fees

 

 

 

Mix of Average AUM

by Asset Class(1)

 

 

Mix of Base Fees

 

 

 

Mix of Average AUM

by Asset Class(2)

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

 

16

%

 

 

18

%

 

 

 

6

%

 

 

6

%

 

 

16

%

 

 

17

%

 

 

 

6

%

 

 

7

%

iShares

 

 

27

%

 

 

27

%

 

 

 

17

%

 

 

17

%

 

 

27

%

 

 

28

%

 

 

 

17

%

 

 

17

%

Non-ETF index

 

 

7

%

 

 

6

%

 

 

 

27

%

 

 

29

%

 

 

7

%

 

 

7

%

 

 

 

27

%

 

 

29

%

Equity subtotal

 

 

50

%

 

 

51

%

 

 

 

50

%

 

 

52

%

 

 

50

%

 

 

52

%

 

 

 

50

%

 

 

53

%

Fixed income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

 

17

%

 

 

16

%

 

 

 

15

%

 

 

16

%

 

 

16

%

 

 

15

%

 

 

 

16

%

 

 

15

%

iShares

 

 

7

%

 

 

6

%

 

 

 

6

%

 

 

5

%

 

 

7

%

 

 

6

%

 

 

 

6

%

 

 

5

%

Non-ETF index

 

 

3

%

 

 

3

%

 

 

 

10

%

 

 

10

%

 

 

3

%

 

 

3

%

 

 

 

10

%

 

 

10

%

Fixed income subtotal

 

 

27

%

 

 

25

%

 

 

 

31

%

 

 

31

%

 

 

26

%

 

 

24

%

 

 

 

32

%

 

 

30

%

Multi-asset

 

 

11

%

 

 

13

%

 

 

 

8

%

 

 

8

%

 

 

12

%

 

 

13

%

 

 

 

8

%

 

 

8

%

Alternatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core

 

 

6

%

 

 

7

%

 

 

 

2

%

 

 

2

%

 

 

7

%

 

 

7

%

 

 

 

2

%

 

 

2

%

Currency and commodities

 

 

1

%

 

 

1

%

 

 

 

1

%

 

 

1

%

 

 

1

%

 

 

1

%

 

 

 

1

%

 

 

1

%

Alternatives subtotal

 

 

7

%

 

 

8

%

 

 

 

3

%

 

 

3

%

 

 

8

%

 

 

8

%

 

 

 

3

%

 

 

3

%

Long-term

 

 

95

%

 

 

97

%

 

 

 

92

%

 

 

94

%

 

 

96

%

 

 

97

%

 

 

 

93

%

 

 

94

%

Cash management

 

 

5

%

 

 

3

%

 

 

 

8

%

 

 

6

%

 

 

4

%

 

 

3

%

 

 

 

7

%

 

 

6

%

Total excluding Advisory AUM

 

 

100

%

 

 

100

%

 

 

 

100

%

 

 

100

%

 

 

100

%

 

 

100

%

 

 

 

100

%

 

 

100

%

 

(1) 

Average AUM is calculated as the average of the month-end spot AUM amounts for the trailing four months.

(2) 

Average AUM is calculated as the average of the month-end spot AUM amounts for the trailing ten months.

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016 Compared with Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

Revenue decreased $73 million, or 3%, from the third quarter of 2015, driven by lower performance fees, partially offset by higher base fees and BlackRock Solutions and advisory revenue.

 

Investment advisory, administration fees and securities lending revenue of $2,546 million increased $90 million from $2,456 million in the third quarter of 2015 reflecting the impact of organic growth, higher markets on long-term average AUM and the effect of AUM acquired in the BofA Global Capital Management transaction, partially offset by mix shift from equities to fixed income and cash products.  Securities lending revenue of $142 million in the current quarter increased $27 million from the third quarter of 2015, primarily reflecting higher average balances of securities on loan and higher spreads.

 

Investment advisory performance fees of $58 million decreased $150 million from the third quarter of 2015, primarily reflecting strong performance from a single hedge fund with an annual performance measurement period that ended in the third quarter of 2015.

BlackRock Solutions and advisory revenue of $174 million increased $7 million from $167 million in the third quarter of 2015. BlackRock Solutions and advisory revenue included $152 million in Aladdin revenue compared with $135 million in the third quarter of 2015.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 Compared with Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

Revenue decreased $273 million, or 3%, from the nine months ended September 30, 2015, driven by lower performance fees, partially offset by higher BlackRock Solutions and advisory revenue.

 

Investment advisory, administration fees and securities lending revenue of $7,394 million increased $14 million from $7,380 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 reflecting the impact of organic growth and higher markets on long-term average AUM, the effect of AUM acquired in the BofA Global Capital Management transaction and lower yield-related fee waivers on certain money market funds, partially offset by mix shift from equities to fixed

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income and cash products.  Securities lending revenue of $441 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 increased $65 million from the prior year period, primarily reflecting an increase in average balances of securities on loan and higher spreads.

 

Investment advisory performance fees of $166 million decreased $286 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2015, primarily driven by lower fees from equity and alternative products, including the impact of the strong performance from a single hedge fund in the third quarter of 2015.

BlackRock Solutions and advisory revenue of $517 million increased $42 million from $475 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015. BlackRock Solutions and advisory revenue included $439 million in Aladdin revenue compared with $390 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

Other revenue of $156 million decreased $31 million from $187 million in the nine months of 2015, primarily reflecting lower transition management activity and lower commissions during the current period.

Expense

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Expense, GAAP:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee compensation and benefits

 

$

969

 

 

$

1,023

 

 

$

2,893

 

 

$

3,016

 

Distribution and servicing costs

 

 

114

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

320

 

 

 

306

 

Amortization of deferred sales commissions

 

 

8

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

37

 

Direct fund expense

 

 

200

 

 

 

198

 

 

 

583

 

 

 

578

 

General and administration:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marketing and promotional

 

 

72

 

 

 

76

 

 

 

232

 

 

 

251

 

Occupancy and office related

 

 

65

 

 

 

69

 

 

 

208

 

 

 

205

 

Portfolio services

 

 

57

 

 

 

57

 

 

 

164

 

 

 

164

 

Technology

 

 

41

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

129

 

 

 

121

 

Professional services

 

 

27

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

84

 

 

 

82

 

Communications

 

 

9

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

28

 

Other general and administration

 

 

41

 

 

 

37

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

119

 

Total general and administration expense

 

 

312

 

 

 

319

 

 

 

946

 

 

 

970

 

Restructuring charge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

25

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

104

 

Total expense, GAAP

 

$

1,628

 

 

$

1,688

 

 

$

4,920

 

 

$

5,011

 

Less non-GAAP expense adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee compensation and benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PNC LTIP funding obligation

 

 

7

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

26

 

Compensation expense related to appreciation

   (depreciation) on deferred compensation

   plans

 

 

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Restructuring charge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

Total non-GAAP expense adjustments

 

 

7

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

97

 

 

 

25

 

Expense, as adjusted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee compensation and benefits

 

$

962

 

 

$

1,018

 

 

$

2,872

 

 

$

2,991

 

Distribution and servicing costs

 

 

114

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

320

 

 

 

306

 

Amortization of deferred sales commissions

 

 

8

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

37

 

Direct fund expense

 

 

200

 

 

 

198

 

 

 

583

 

 

 

578

 

General and administration

 

 

312

 

 

 

319

 

 

 

946

 

 

 

970

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

25

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

75

 

 

 

104

 

Total expense, as adjusted

 

$

1,621

 

 

$

1,683

 

 

$

4,823

 

 

$

4,986

 

 

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Three Months Ended September 30, 2016 Compared with Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

GAAP.    Expense decreased $60 million from the third quarter of 2015, driven primarily by lower employee compensation and benefits expense.

Employee compensation and benefits expense decreased $54 million, or 5%, from the three months ended September 30, 2015, reflecting lower incentive compensation, driven primarily by lower performance fees.  Employees at September 30, 2016 totaled approximately 13,000 compared with approximately 12,900 at September 30, 2015.

Distribution and servicing costs totaled $114 million compared with $102 million in the third quarter of 2015. These costs included payments to Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, primarily related to a global distribution agreement, and payments to PNC, as well as other third parties, primarily associated with the distribution and servicing of client investments in certain BlackRock products. Distribution and servicing costs for the third quarter of 2016 and 2015 included $50 million and $49 million, respectively, attributable to Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.

Amortization of intangible assets expense decreased $9 million from the third quarter of 2015, primarily reflecting certain finite-lived intangible assets becoming fully amortized.

As Adjusted.    Expense, as adjusted, decreased $62 million, or 4%, to $1,621 million from $1,683 million in the third quarter of 2015. The decrease in total expense, as adjusted, is primarily attributable to lower employee compensation and benefits expense.  

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 Compared with Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

GAAP.    Expense decreased $91 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2015, reflecting lower compensation and benefits expense, expense discipline and lower amortization of intangible assets, partially offset by a restructuring charge recorded in the first quarter of 2016.

Employee compensation and benefits expense decreased $123 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2015, reflecting lower incentive compensation, driven primarily by lower operating income and performance fees, partially offset by higher headcount.

Distribution and servicing costs totaled $320 million compared with $306 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015. Distribution and servicing costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 included $156 million and $145 million, respectively, attributable to Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.

 

General and administration expense decreased $24 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2015, primarily reflecting lower discretionary marketing and promotional spend in the current period.

 

Restructuring charge of $76 million, primarily comprised of severance and accelerated amortization expense of previously granted deferred compensation awards, was recorded in the first quarter of 2016 in connection with a project to streamline and simplify the organization.

Amortization of intangible assets expense decreased by $29 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2015, primarily reflecting certain finite-lived intangible assets becoming fully amortized.

As Adjusted.    Expense, as adjusted, decreased $163 million, or 3%, to $4,823 million from $4,986 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The decrease in total expense, as adjusted, is primarily attributable to lower employee compensation and benefits expense, expense discipline and lower amortization of intangible assets.  The restructuring charge has been excluded from the as adjusted results.

 

 

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Nonoperating Results

Nonoperating income (expense), less net income (loss) attributable to NCI for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 was as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Nonoperating income (expense), GAAP basis(1)

 

$

1

 

 

$

(48

)

 

$

(72

)

 

$

(73

)

Less: Net income (loss) attributable to NCI

 

 

2

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(1

)

Nonoperating income (expense), net of NCI

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(72

)

Compensation expense related to (appreciation)

   depreciation on deferred compensation plans

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Nonoperating income (expense), as adjusted, net of NCI

 

$

(1

)

 

$

(32

)

 

$

(70

)

 

$

(71

)

 

(1) 

Amounts include a gain of $19 million and a loss of $14 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, attributable to consolidated variable interest entities (“VIEs”).  Amounts include a gain of $34 million and $2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, attributable to consolidated VIEs.

The components of nonoperating income (expense), less net income (loss) attributable to NCI, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Net gain (loss) on investments(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private equity

 

$

2

 

 

$

25

 

 

$

11

 

 

$

35

 

Real assets

 

 

2

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

9

 

Other alternatives(2)

 

 

9

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

13

 

 

 

(6

)

Other investments(3)

 

 

16

 

 

 

(19

)

 

 

22

 

 

 

(23

)

Subtotal

 

 

29

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

15

 

Other gains(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45

 

Total net gain (loss) on investments(1)

 

 

29

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

60

 

Interest and dividend income

 

 

22

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

21

 

Interest expense

 

 

(52

)

 

 

(50

)

 

 

(154

)

 

 

(153

)

Net interest expense

 

 

(30

)

 

 

(38

)

 

 

(121

)

 

 

(132

)

Total nonoperating income (expense)(1)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(72

)

Compensation expense related to (appreciation)

   depreciation on deferred compensation plans

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Nonoperating income (expense), as adjusted(1)

 

$

(1

)

 

$

(32

)

 

$

(70

)

 

$

(71

)

 

(1) 

Net of net income (loss) attributable to NCI.

(2) 

Amounts primarily include net gains (losses) related to direct hedge fund strategies and hedge fund solutions.

(3) 

Amounts include net gains (losses) related to equity and fixed income investments, and BlackRock’s seed capital hedging program.

(4) 

The amount for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 primarily includes a gain related to the acquisition of certain assets of BKCA.

Three Months Ended September 30, 2016 Compared with Three Months Ended September 30, 2015

Net gain (loss) on investments of $29 million increased $28 million from the three months ended September 30, 2015 due to higher marks in the current quarter.

Net interest expense in the current quarter reflected higher dividend income compared with the third quarter of 2015.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 Compared with Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015

Net gain (loss) on investments of $51 million decreased $9 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2015 due to a $40 million noncash gain related to BKCA recorded in the first quarter of 2015, partially offset by higher marks in the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

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Net interest expense in the current period reflected higher dividend income compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

 

Income Tax Expense

 

 

 

GAAP

 

 

As Adjusted

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Operating income(1)

 

$

1,209

 

 

$

1,222

 

 

$

3,345

 

 

$

3,527

 

 

$

1,216

 

 

$

1,227

 

 

$

3,442

 

 

$

3,552

 

Total nonoperating income (expense)(1),(2)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(72

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(32

)

 

 

(70

)

 

 

(71

)

Income before income taxes(2)

 

$

1,208

 

 

$

1,185

 

 

$

3,275

 

 

$

3,455

 

 

$

1,215

 

 

$

1,195

 

 

$

3,372

 

 

$

3,481

 

Income tax expense

 

$

333

 

 

$

342

 

 

$

954

 

 

$

971

 

 

$

361

 

 

$

351

 

 

$

1,010

 

 

$

969

 

Effective tax rate

 

 

27.6

%

 

 

28.8

%

 

 

29.1

%

 

 

28.1

%

 

 

29.7

%

 

 

29.3

%

 

 

30.0

%

 

 

27.8

%

 

(1) 

See Non-GAAP Financial Measures for further information on and reconciliation of as adjusted items.

(2) 

Net of net income (loss) attributable to NCI.

 

 

2016. The three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 income tax expense (GAAP) reflected:

a $26 million net noncash tax benefit, primarily related to the revaluation of certain deferred income tax liabilities as a result of legislation enacted in the United Kingdom, and domestic state and local tax changes, which have been excluded from as adjusted results; and

nonrecurring tax benefits, which totaled $16 million and $35 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively.

 

The as adjusted effective tax rate of 29.7% and 30.0%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively, excluded the net noncash benefit of $26 million mentioned above, as it will not have a cash flow impact and to ensure comparability among periods presented.  

 

2015. The three months ended September 30, 2015 income tax expense (GAAP) reflected a $6 million net noncash tax benefit, primarily related to the revaluation of certain deferred income tax liabilities, which has been excluded from as adjusted results.

 

The nine months ended September 30, 2015 income tax expense (GAAP) reflected:

a $10 million net noncash expense, primarily related to the revaluation of certain deferred income tax liabilities, which has been excluded from as adjusted results; and  

nonrecurring tax benefits of $75 million.

 

The as adjusted effective tax rate of 29.3% and 27.8% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively, excluded the net noncash benefit of $6 million and the net noncash expense of $10 million, respectively, mentioned above, as it will not have a cash flow impact and to ensure comparability among periods presented.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BALANCE SHEET OVERVIEW

As Adjusted Balance Sheet

The following table presents a reconciliation of the condensed consolidated statement of financial condition presented on a GAAP basis to the condensed consolidated statement of financial condition, excluding the impact of separate account assets and separate account collateral held under securities lending agreements (directly related to lending separate account securities) and separate account liabilities and separate account collateral liabilities under securities lending agreements and consolidated sponsored investment funds, including consolidated VIEs.

The Company presents the as adjusted balance sheet as additional information to enable investors to exclude certain assets that have equal and offsetting liabilities or noncontrolling interests that ultimately do not have an impact on BlackRock, Inc. stockholders’ equity or cash flows. Management views the as adjusted balance sheet, a non-GAAP financial measure, as an economic presentation of the Company’s total assets and liabilities; however, it does not advocate that investors consider such non-GAAP financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Separate Account Assets and Liabilities and Separate Account Collateral Held under Securities Lending Agreements

Separate account assets are maintained by BlackRock Life Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, which is a registered life insurance company in the United Kingdom, and represent segregated assets held for purposes of funding individual and group pension contracts. The Company records equal and offsetting separate account liabilities. The separate account assets are not available to creditors of the Company and the holders of the pension contracts have no recourse to the Company’s assets. The net investment income attributable to separate account assets accrues directly to the contract owners and is not reported on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of income. While BlackRock has no economic interest in these assets or liabilities, BlackRock earns an investment advisory fee for the service of managing these assets on behalf of its clients.

In addition, the Company records on its condensed consolidated statements of financial condition the separate account collateral received under BlackRock Life Limited securities lending arrangements as its own asset in addition to an equal and offsetting separate account collateral liability for the obligation to return the collateral. The collateral is not available to creditors of the Company, and the borrowers under the securities lending arrangements have no recourse to the Company’s assets.

Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds

The Company consolidates certain sponsored investment funds accounted for as voting rights entities (“VREs”) and VIEs, (collectively, “Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds”). See Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, in the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained in the 2015 Form 10-K for further information on the Company’s consolidation policy.

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The Company cannot readily access cash and cash equivalents or other assets held by Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds to use in its operating activities. In addition, the Company cannot readily sell investments held by Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds in order to obtain cash for use in the Company’s operations.

 

 

 

September 30, 2016

 

(in millions)

 

GAAP

Basis

 

 

Separate

Account

Assets/

Collateral(1)

 

 

Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds(2)

 

 

As

Adjusted

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

5,454

 

 

$

 

 

$

52

 

 

$

5,402

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

2,601

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,601

 

Investments

 

 

1,731

 

 

 

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

1,669

 

Assets of consolidated VIEs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

161

 

 

 

 

 

 

161

 

 

 

 

Investments

 

 

1,411

 

 

 

 

 

 

439

 

 

 

972

 

Other assets

 

 

183

 

 

 

 

 

 

183

 

 

 

 

Separate account assets and collateral held

   under securities lending agreements

 

 

183,169

 

 

 

183,169

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets(3)

 

 

1,518

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

1,529

 

Subtotal

 

 

196,228

 

 

 

183,169

 

 

 

886

 

 

 

12,173

 

Goodwill and intangible assets, net

 

 

30,511

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,511

 

Total assets

 

$

226,739

 

 

$

183,169

 

 

$

886

 

 

$

42,684

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued compensation and benefits

 

$

1,481

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,481

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

1,354

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,354

 

Liabilities of consolidated VIEs

 

 

272

 

 

 

 

 

 

272

 

 

 

 

Borrowings

 

 

4,961

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,961

 

Separate account liabilities and collateral

   liabilities under securities lending

   agreements

 

 

183,169

 

 

 

183,169

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income tax liabilities(4)

 

 

4,832

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,832

 

Other liabilities

 

 

1,109

 

 

 

 

 

 

(43

)

 

 

1,152

 

Total liabilities

 

 

197,178

 

 

 

183,169

 

 

 

229

 

 

 

13,780

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

28,904

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,904

 

Noncontrolling interests

 

 

657

 

 

 

 

 

 

657

 

 

 

 

Total equity

 

 

29,561

 

 

 

 

 

 

657

 

 

 

28,904

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

226,739

 

 

$

183,169

 

 

$

886

 

 

$

42,684

 

 

(1) 

Amounts represent segregated client assets generating advisory fees in which BlackRock has no economic interest or liability.

(2) 

Amounts represent the portion of assets and liabilities of Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds attributable to noncontrolling interests.

(3) 

Amounts include property and equipment and other assets.

(4)

Amount includes approximately $5.6 billion of deferred income tax liabilities related to goodwill and intangibles.  

The following discussion summarizes the significant changes in assets and liabilities on a GAAP basis. Please see the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 contained in Part I, Item 1 of this filing. The discussion does not include changes related to assets and liabilities that are equal and offsetting and have no impact on BlackRock’s stockholders’ equity.

Assets.     Cash and cash equivalents at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 included $60 million and $100 million, respectively, of cash held by consolidated sponsored investment funds (see Liquidity and Capital Resources for details on the change in cash and cash equivalents during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016).

Accounts receivable at September 30, 2016 increased $364 million from December 31, 2015 primarily due to an increase in unit trust receivables (substantially offset by an increase in unit trust payables recorded within accounts payable and accrued liabilities). Investments were $1,731 million at September 30, 2016 (for more information see Investments herein). Goodwill and intangible assets increased $16 million from December 31, 2015, primarily due to the BofA Global Capital Management transaction, partially offset by $75 million of amortization of intangible assets. Other assets (including property and equipment) increased $82 million from December 31, 2015, primarily related to an increase in current taxes receivable and earnings from certain strategic investments.

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Liabilities.    Accrued compensation and benefits at September 30, 2016 decreased $490 million from December 31, 2015, primarily due to 2015 incentive compensation cash payments in the first quarter of 2016, partially offset by 2016 incentive compensation accruals. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities at September 30, 2016 increased $286 million from December 31, 2015 due to higher unit trust payables (substantially offset by an increase in unit trust receivables recorded within accounts receivable).

Net deferred income tax liabilities at September 30, 2016 decreased $19 million, primarily as a result of revaluation of certain deferred income tax liabilities due to the tax legislation enacted in the United Kingdom. Other liabilities increased $76 million from December 31, 2015, primarily resulting from an increase in contingent liabilities related the BofA Global Capital Management transaction.

Investments and Investments of Consolidated VIEs

The Company’s investments and investments of consolidated VIEs (collectively, “Total Investments”) were $1,731 million and $1,411 million, respectively, at September 30, 2016. Total Investments include consolidated investments held by sponsored investment funds accounted for as VREs and VIEs. Management reviews BlackRock’s Total Investments on an “economic” basis, which eliminates the portion of Total Investments that does not impact BlackRock’s book value or net income attributable to BlackRock. BlackRock’s management does not advocate that investors consider such non-GAAP financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

The Company presents Total Investments, as adjusted, to enable investors to understand the portion of Total Investments that is owned by the Company, net of NCI, as a gauge to measure the impact of changes in net nonoperating income (expense) on investments to net income (loss) attributable to BlackRock.

The Company further presents net “economic” investment exposure, net of deferred compensation investments and hedged investments, to reflect another gauge for investors.  The economic impact of Total Investments held pursuant to deferred compensation arrangements is offset by a change in compensation expense.  The impact of certain investments is substantially mitigated by swap hedges. Carried interest capital allocations are excluded as there is no impact to BlackRock’s stockholders’ equity until such amounts are realized as performance fees. Finally, the Company’s regulatory investment in Federal Reserve Bank stock, which is not subject to market or interest rate risk, is excluded from the Company’s net economic investment exposure.

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Investments, GAAP

 

$

1,731

 

 

$

1,578

 

Investments held by consolidated VIEs, GAAP

 

 

1,411

 

 

 

1,030

 

Total Investments

 

 

3,142

 

 

 

2,608

 

Investments held by consolidated VREs

 

 

(575

)

 

 

(700

)

Investments held by consolidated VIEs

 

 

(1,411

)

 

 

(1,030

)

Net interest in consolidated VREs

 

 

513

 

 

 

616

 

Net interest in consolidated VIEs(1)

 

 

972

 

 

 

733

 

Total Investments, as adjusted

 

 

2,641

 

 

 

2,227

 

Federal Reserve Bank stock

 

 

(89

)

 

 

(93

)

Deferred compensation investments

 

 

(67

)

 

 

(79

)

Hedged investments

 

 

(526

)

 

 

(407

)

Carried interest (VIEs/VREs)

 

 

(108

)

 

 

(100

)

Total “economic” investment exposure

 

$

1,851

 

 

$

1,548

 

 

(1)

Amount includes $82 million and $81 million of carried interest (VIEs) as of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, which has no impact on the Company’s “economic” investment exposure.

 

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The following table represents the carrying value of the Company’s economic investment exposure, by asset type, at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Private equity

 

$

348

 

 

$

375

 

Real assets

 

 

109

 

 

 

104

 

Other alternatives(1)

 

 

238

 

 

 

227

 

Other investments(2)

 

 

1,156

 

 

 

842

 

Total “economic” investment exposure

 

$

1,851

 

 

$

1,548

 

 

(1)

Other alternatives include distressed credit/mortgage funds/opportunistic funds and hedge funds/funds of hedge funds.

(2)

Other investments primarily include seed investments in fixed income, equity and multi-asset mutual funds/strategies as well as U.K. government securities, primarily held for regulatory purposes.

As adjusted investment activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

 

 

 

Total Investments, as adjusted, December 31, 2015

 

$

2,227

 

Purchases/capital contributions

 

 

980

 

Sales/maturities

 

 

(583

)

Distributions(1)

 

 

(80

)

Market appreciation(depreciation)/earnings from equity method investments

 

 

98

 

Carried interest capital allocations/distributions received

 

 

8

 

Other

 

 

(9

)

Total Investments, as adjusted, September 30, 2016

 

$

2,641

 

 

(1) 

Amount includes distributions representing return of capital and return on investments.

 

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

BlackRock Cash Flows Excluding the Impact of Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds

The condensed consolidated statements of cash flows include the cash flows of the Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds. The Company uses an adjusted cash flow statement, which excludes the impact of Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds, as a supplemental non-GAAP measure to assess liquidity and capital requirements. The Company believes that its cash flows, excluding the impact of the Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds, provide investors with useful information on the cash flows of BlackRock relating to its ability to fund additional operating, investing and financing activities. BlackRock’s management does not advocate that investors consider such non-GAAP measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, its cash flows presented in accordance with GAAP.

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The following table presents a reconciliation of the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows presented on a GAAP basis to the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows, excluding the impact of the cash flows of Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds:

 

(in millions)

 

GAAP

Basis

 

 

Impact on

Cash Flows

of Consolidated

Sponsored Investment Funds

 

 

Cash Flows

Excluding

Impact of

Consolidated

Sponsored Investment Funds

 

Cash and cash equivalents, December 31, 2015

 

$

6,083

 

 

$

100

 

 

$

5,983

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

962

 

 

 

(1,003

)

 

 

1,965

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

(243

)

 

 

(36

)

 

 

(207

)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

(1,180

)

 

 

999

 

 

 

(2,179

)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash

   equivalents

 

 

(168

)

 

 

 

 

 

(168

)

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(629

)

 

 

(40

)

 

 

(589

)

Cash and cash equivalents, September 30, 2016

 

$

5,454

 

 

$

60

 

 

$

5,394

 

 

Sources of BlackRock’s operating cash primarily include investment advisory, administration fees and securities lending revenue, performance fees, revenue from BlackRock Solutions and advisory products and services, other revenue and distribution fees. BlackRock uses its cash to pay all operating expense, interest and principal on borrowings, income taxes, dividends on BlackRock’s capital stock, repurchases of the Company’s stock, capital expenditures and purchases of co-investments and seed investments.

 

For details of the Company’s GAAP cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities, see the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows contained in Part I, Item 1 of this filing.

 

The details of the Company’s cash flows excluding the impact of consolidated sponsored investment funds are described below.

Cash flows from operating activities, excluding the impact of Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds, primarily include the receipt of investment advisory and administration fees, securities lending revenue and other revenue offset by the payment of operating expenses incurred in the normal course of business, including year-end incentive compensation accrued for in the prior year.

Cash outflows from investing activities, excluding the impact of Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds, for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were $207 million and primarily reflected $290 million of investment purchases, $88 million of purchases of property and equipment, and $30 million related to the BofA Global Capital Management transaction, partially offset by $175 million of net proceeds from sales and maturities of certain investments.

Cash outflows from financing activities, excluding the impact of Consolidated Sponsored Investment Funds, for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were $2,179 million, primarily resulting from $1,118 million of share repurchases, including $850 million in open market-transactions and $268 million of employee tax withholdings related to employee stock transactions and $1,171 million of cash dividend payments, partially offset by $81 million of excess tax benefits from vested stock-based compensation awards.

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The Company manages its financial condition and funding to maintain appropriate liquidity for the business. Liquidity resources at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015 were as follows:

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Cash and cash equivalents(1)

 

$

5,454

 

 

$

6,083

 

Cash and cash equivalents held by consolidated

   sponsored investment funds, excluding VIEs(2)

 

 

(60

)

 

 

(100

)

Subtotal

 

 

5,394

 

 

 

5,983

 

Credit facility – undrawn

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

4,000

 

Total liquidity resources(3)

 

$

9,394

 

 

$

9,983

 

 

(1)

The percentage of cash and cash equivalents held by the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries was approximately 55% and 50% at September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively.  See Net Capital Requirements herein for more information on net capital requirements in certain regulated subsidiaries.

 

(2)

The Company cannot readily access such cash to use in its operating activities.

(3)

Amount at December 31, 2015 does not reflect year-end incentive compensation accruals of approximately $1.5 billion, which were paid in the first quarter of 2016.

Total liquidity resources decreased $589 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016, primarily reflecting cash payments of 2015 year-end incentive awards, share repurchases of $1,118 million and cash dividend payments of $1,171 million, partially offset by cash flows from other operating activities.

A significant portion of the Company’s $2,641 million of Total Investments, as adjusted, is illiquid in nature and, as such, cannot be readily convertible to cash.

Share Repurchases.    The Company repurchased 2.4 million common shares in open-market transactions under the share repurchase program for approximately $850 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

At September 30, 2016, there were 3.8 million shares still authorized to be repurchased.

Net Capital Requirements.    The Company is required to maintain net capital in certain regulated subsidiaries within a number of jurisdictions, which is partially maintained by retaining cash and cash equivalent investments in those subsidiaries or jurisdictions. As a result, such subsidiaries of the Company may be restricted in their ability to transfer cash between different jurisdictions and to their parents. Additionally, transfers of cash between international jurisdictions, including repatriation to the United States, may have adverse tax consequences that could discourage such transfers.

 

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (“BTC”) is chartered as a national bank that does not accept client deposits and whose powers are limited to trust and other fiduciary activities. BTC provides investment management services, including investment advisory and securities lending agency services, to institutional investors and other clients. BTC is subject to regulatory capital and liquid asset requirements administered by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company was required to maintain approximately $1.3 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively, in net capital in certain regulated subsidiaries, including BTC, entities regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom, and the Company’s broker-dealers. The Company was in compliance with all applicable regulatory net capital requirements.

Short-Term Borrowings

2016 Revolving Credit Facility.    The Company’s credit facility has an aggregate commitment amount of $4.0 billion and was amended in April 2016 to extend the maturity date to March 2021 (the “2016 credit facility”). The 2016 credit facility permits the Company to request up to an additional $1.0 billion of borrowing capacity, subject to lender credit approval, increasing the overall size of the 2016 credit facility to an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5.0 billion. Interest on borrowings outstanding accrues at a rate based on the applicable London Interbank Offered Rate plus a spread. The 2016 credit facility requires the Company not to exceed a maximum leverage ratio (ratio of net debt to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, where net debt equals total debt less unrestricted cash) of 3 to 1, which was satisfied with a ratio of less than 1 to 1 at September 30, 2016. The 2016 credit facility provides back-up liquidity to fund ongoing working capital for general corporate purposes and various investment opportunities. At September 30, 2016, the Company had no amount outstanding under the 2016 credit facility.

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Commercial Paper Program.    The Company can issue unsecured commercial paper notes (the “CP Notes”) on a private-placement basis up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding at any time of $4.0 billion.  The commercial paper program is currently supported by the 2016 credit facility. At September 30, 2016, BlackRock had no CP Notes outstanding.

Long-Term Borrowings

At September 30, 2016, the principal amount of long-term borrowings outstanding was $4.987 billion. See Note 12, Borrowings, in the 2015 Form 10-K for more information on borrowings outstanding as of December 31, 2015.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company paid approximately $142 million of interest on long-term borrowings. Future principal repayments and interest requirements at September 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

(in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Principal

 

 

Interest

 

 

Total

Payments

 

Remainder of 2016

 

$

 

 

$

54

 

 

$

54

 

2017

 

 

700

 

 

 

196

 

 

 

896

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

152

 

 

 

152

 

2019

 

1,000

 

 

 

152

 

 

 

1,152

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

102

 

2021

 

 

750

 

 

 

86

 

 

 

836

 

Thereafter(1)

 

 

2,537

 

 

 

139

 

 

 

2,676

 

Total

 

$

4,987

 

 

$

881

 

 

$

5,868

 

__________________________

(1)

The amount of principal and interest payments for the 2025 Notes represents the expected payment amounts using foreign exchange rates as of September 30, 2016.

Investment Commitments.    At September 30, 2016, the Company had $194 million of various capital commitments to fund sponsored investment funds, including consolidated VIEs. These funds include private equity funds, real assets funds and opportunistic funds. This amount excludes additional commitments made by consolidated funds of funds to underlying third-party funds as third-party noncontrolling interest holders have the legal obligation to fund the respective commitments of such funds of funds. In addition to the capital commitments of $194 million, the Company had approximately $12 million of contingent commitments for certain funds which have investment periods that have expired. Generally, the timing of the funding of these commitments is unknown and the commitments are callable on demand at any time prior to the expiration of the commitment. These unfunded commitments are not recorded on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition. These commitments do not include potential future commitments approved by the Company that are not yet legally binding. The Company intends to make additional capital commitments from time to time to fund additional investment products for, and with, its clients.

Contingent Payments Related to Business Acquisitions.     In connection with certain acquisitions, BlackRock is required to make contingent payments, subject to achieving specified performance targets, which may include revenue related to acquired contracts or new capital commitments for certain products.  The fair value of the remaining aggregate contingent payments at September 30, 2016 totaled $118 million, including $76 million related to the BofA Global Capital Management transaction, and is included in other liabilities on the condensed consolidated statement of financial condition.

Carried Interest Clawback.    As a general partner in certain investment funds, including private equity partnerships and certain hedge funds, the Company may receive carried interest cash distributions from the partnerships in accordance with distribution provisions of the partnership agreements. The Company may, from time to time, be required to return all or a portion of such distributions to the limited partners in the event the limited partners do not achieve a return as specified in the various partnership agreements. Therefore, BlackRock records carried interest subject to such clawback provisions in Total Investments, or cash/cash of consolidated VIEs to the extent that it is distributed, and as a deferred carried interest liability/other liabilities of consolidated VIEs on its condensed consolidated statements of financial condition. Carried interest is recorded as performance fees on BlackRock’s condensed consolidated statements of income upon the earlier of the termination of the investment fund or when the likelihood of clawback is considered mathematically improbable.

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Indemnifications.    On behalf of certain clients, the Company lends securities to highly rated banks and broker-dealers. In these securities lending transactions, the borrower is required to provide and maintain collateral at or above regulatory minimums. Securities on loan are marked to market daily to determine if the borrower is required to pledge additional collateral. BlackRock has issued certain indemnifications to certain securities lending clients against potential loss resulting from a borrower’s failure to fulfill its obligations under the securities lending agreement should the value of the collateral pledged by the borrower at the time of default be insufficient to cover the borrower’s obligation under the securities lending agreement. At September 30, 2016, the Company indemnified certain of its clients for their securities lending loan balances of approximately $171.8 billion. The Company held, as agent, cash and securities totaling $182.5 billion as collateral for indemnified securities on loan at September 30, 2016. The fair value of these indemnifications was not material at September 30, 2016.

While the collateral pledged by a borrower is intended to be sufficient to offset the borrower’s obligations to return securities borrowed and any other amounts owing to the lender under the relevant securities lending agreement, in the event of a borrower default, the Company can give no assurance that the collateral pledged by the borrower will be sufficient to fulfill such obligations. If the amount of such pledged collateral is not sufficient to fulfill such obligations to a client for whom the Company has provided indemnification, BlackRock would be responsible for the amount of the shortfall. These indemnifications cover only the collateral shortfall described above, and do not in any way guarantee, assume or otherwise insure the investment performance or return of any cash collateral vehicle into which securities lending cash collateral is invested.

 

 

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. Management considers the following critical accounting policies important to understanding the condensed consolidated financial statements. For a summary of these and additional accounting policies see Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, in the condensed consolidated financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this filing and Critical Accounting Policies in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the 2015 Form 10-K and Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, in the 2015 Form 10-K for further information.

Consolidation.     In the normal course of business, the Company is the manager of various types of sponsored investment vehicles. The Company performs an analysis for investment products to determine if the product is a VIE or a VRE. Assessing whether an entity is a VIE or a VRE involves judgment and analysis. Factors considered in this assessment include the entity’s legal organization, the entity’s capital structure and equity ownership, and any related party or de facto agent implications of the Company’s involvement with the entity. Investments that are determined to be VREs are consolidated if the Company can exert control over the financial and operating policies of the investee, which generally exists if there is greater than 50% voting interest. See Note 4, Consolidated Voting Right Entities, in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements for more information. Investments that are determined to be VIEs are consolidated if the Company is the primary beneficiary (“PB”) of the entity.

At September 30, 2016, BlackRock was determined to be the PB for certain investment products that were determined to be VIEs, which required BlackRock to consolidate them. BlackRock was deemed to be the PB because it has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entities’ economic performance and has the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that potentially could be significant to the VIE. See Note 5, Variable Interest Entities, in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements contained in the Part 1, Item 1 of this filing for more information.

Fair Value Measurements.    The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement according to the fair value hierarchy (i.e., Level 1, 2 and 3 inputs, as defined) in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the financial instrument. See Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, in the condensed consolidated financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this filing for more information on fair value measurements.

Investment Advisory Performance Fees / Carried Interest.    The Company receives investment advisory performance fees or incentive allocations, from certain actively managed investment funds and certain separately managed accounts (“SMAs”). These performance fees are dependent upon exceeding specified relative or absolute

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investment return thresholds. Such fees are recorded upon completion of the measurement period, which varies by product or account, and could be monthly, quarterly, annually or longer.

 

In addition, the Company is allocated carried interest from certain alternative investment products upon exceeding performance thresholds. BlackRock may be required to reverse/return all, or part, of such carried interest allocations depending upon future performance of these funds. Therefore, BlackRock records carried interest subject to such clawback provisions in Total Investments, or cash/cash of consolidated VIEs to the extent that it is distributed, on its condensed consolidated statements of financial condition. Carried interest is recorded as performance fee revenue upon the earlier of the termination of the investment fund or when the likelihood of clawback is considered mathematically improbable.

The Company records a deferred carried interest liability to the extent it receives cash or capital allocations related to carried interest prior to meeting the revenue recognition criteria. At September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company had $128 million and $143 million, respectively, of deferred carried interest recorded in liabilities on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition. A portion of the deferred carried interest liability will be paid to certain employees. The ultimate timing of the recognition of performance fee revenue, if any, for these products is unknown.

The following table presents changes in the deferred carried interest liability (including the portion related to consolidated VIEs) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

September 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Beginning balance

 

$

131

 

 

$

172

 

 

$

143

 

 

$

105

 

Net increase (decrease)

 

 

8

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

7

 

 

 

70

 

Performance fee revenue recognized

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(22

)

 

 

(18

)

Ending balance

 

$

128

 

 

$

157

 

 

$

128

 

 

$

157

 

 

Accounting Developments

For accounting pronouncements that the Company adopted during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and for recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted, see Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, in the condensed consolidated financial statements contained in Part I, Item 1 of this filing.

 

 

Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

AUM Market Price Risk.    BlackRock’s investment advisory and administration fees are primarily comprised of fees based on a percentage of the value of AUM and, in some cases, performance fees expressed as a percentage of the returns realized on AUM. At September 30, 2016, the majority of the Company’s investment advisory and administration fees were based on average or period end AUM of the applicable investment funds or separate accounts. Movements in equity market prices, interest rates/credit spreads, foreign exchange rates or all three could cause the value of AUM to decline, which would result in lower investment advisory and administration fees.

Corporate Investments Portfolio Risks.    As a leading investment management firm, BlackRock devotes significant resources across all of its operations to identifying, measuring, monitoring, managing and analyzing market and operating risks, including the management and oversight of its own investment portfolio. The Board of Directors of the Company has adopted guidelines for the review of investments to be made by the Company, requiring, among other things, that investments be reviewed by certain senior officers of the Company, and that certain investments may be referred to the Audit Committee or the Board of Directors, depending on the circumstances, for approval.

In the normal course of its business, BlackRock is exposed to equity market price risk, interest rate/credit spread risk and foreign exchange rate risk associated with its corporate investments.

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BlackRock has investments primarily in sponsored investment products that invest in a variety of asset classes, including real assets, private equity and hedge funds. Investments generally are made for co-investment purposes, to establish a performance track record, to hedge exposure to certain deferred compensation plans or for regulatory purposes. Currently, the Company has a seed capital hedging program in which it enters into swaps to hedge market and interest rate exposure to certain investments. At September 30, 2016, the Company had outstanding total return swaps and interest rate swaps with an aggregate notional value of approximately $478 million and $48 million, respectively.

At September 30, 2016, approximately $2.0 billion of BlackRock’s Total Investments were maintained in consolidated sponsored investment funds accounted for as VREs and VIEs. Excluding the impact of the Federal Reserve Bank stock, carried interest, investments made to hedge exposure to certain deferred compensation plans and certain investments that are hedged via the seed capital hedging program, the Company’s economic exposure to its investment portfolio is $1,851 million. See Balance Sheet Overview- Investments and Investments of Consolidated VIEs in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for further information on the Company’s Total Investments.

Equity Market Price Risk.    At September 30, 2016, the Company’s net exposure to equity market price risk in its investment portfolio was approximately $906 million of the Company’s total economic investment exposure. Investments subject to market price risk include private equity and real assets investments, hedge funds and funds of funds as well as mutual funds. The Company estimates that a hypothetical 10% adverse change in market prices would result in a decrease of approximately $90.6 million in the carrying value of such investments.

Interest Rate/Credit Spread Risk.    At September 30, 2016, the Company was exposed to interest-rate risk and credit spread risk as a result of approximately $945 million of Total Investments in debt securities and sponsored investment products that invest primarily in debt securities. Management considered a hypothetical 100 basis point fluctuation in interest rates or credit spreads and estimates that the impact of such a fluctuation on these investments, in the aggregate, would result in a decrease, or increase, of approximately $21.8 million in the carrying value of such investments.

Foreign Exchange Rate Risk.    As discussed above, the Company invests in sponsored investment products that invest in a variety of asset classes. The carrying value of the total economic investment exposure denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the pound sterling and euro, was $479 million at September 30, 2016. A 10% adverse change in the applicable foreign exchange rates would result in approximately a $47.9 million decline in the carrying value of such investments.

Other Market Risks.    The Company executes forward foreign currency exchange contracts to mitigate the risk of certain foreign exchange risk movements. At September 30, 2016, the Company had outstanding forward foreign currency exchange contracts with an aggregate notional value of approximately $121 million.

 

 

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Item 4.    Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures.    Under the direction of BlackRock’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, BlackRock evaluated the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Based on this evaluation, BlackRock’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that BlackRock’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Internal Control over Financial Reporting.    There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2016 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings

 

From time to time, BlackRock receives subpoenas or other requests for information from various U.S. federal, state governmental and domestic and international regulatory authorities in connection with certain industry-wide or other investigations or proceedings. It is BlackRock’s policy to cooperate fully with such inquiries. The Company and certain of its subsidiaries have been named as defendants in various legal actions, including arbitrations and other litigation arising in connection with BlackRock’s activities. Additionally, BlackRock advised investment portfolios may be subject to lawsuits, any of which potentially could harm the investment returns of the applicable portfolio or result in the Company being liable to the portfolios for any resulting damages.

 

On May 27, 2014, certain purported investors in the BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, Inc. and the BlackRock Equity Dividend Fund (collectively, the “Funds”) filed a consolidated complaint (the “Consolidated Complaint”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and BlackRock International Limited (collectively, the “Defendants”) under the caption In re BlackRock Mutual Funds Advisory Fee Litigation. The Consolidated Complaint, which purports to be brought derivatively on behalf of the Funds, alleges that the Defendants violated Section 36(b) of the Investment Company Act by receiving allegedly excessive investment advisory fees from the Funds. On February 24, 2015, the same plaintiffs filed another complaint in the same court against BlackRock Investment Management, LLC and BlackRock Advisors, LLC. The allegations and legal claims in both complaints are substantially similar, with the new complaint purporting to challenge fees received by Defendants after the plaintiffs filed their prior complaint. Both complaints seek, among other things, to recover on behalf of the Funds all allegedly excessive advisory fees received by Defendants in the twelve month period preceding the start of each lawsuit, along with purported lost investment returns on those amounts, plus interest. On March 25, 2015, Defendants’ motion to dismiss the Consolidated Complaint was denied. The Defendants believe the claims in both lawsuits are without merit and intend to vigorously defend the actions.

 

Between November 12, 2015 and November 16, 2015, BlackRock, Inc., BlackRock Realty Advisors, Inc. (“BRA”) and the BlackRock Granite Property Fund, Inc. (“Granite Fund”), along with certain other Granite Fund-related entities (collectively, the “BlackRock Parties”) were named as defendants in thirteen separate lawsuits filed in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda arising out of the June 16, 2015 collapse of a balcony at the Library Gardens apartment complex in Berkeley, California (the “Property”). The Property is indirectly owned by the Granite Fund, which is managed by BRA. The plaintiffs also named as defendants in the lawsuits Greystar, which is the property manager of the Property, and certain other entities, including the developer of the Property, building contractors and building materials suppliers. The plaintiffs allege, among other things, that the BlackRock Parties were negligent in their ownership, control and maintenance of the Property’s balcony, and seek monetary, including punitive, damages.  Additionally, on March 16, 2016, three former tenants of the Library Gardens apartment unit that experienced the balcony collapse sued the BlackRock Parties.  The former tenants, who witnessed (but were not physically injured in) the accident make allegations virtually identical to those in the previously filed actions and claim that as a result of the collapse, they suffered unspecified emotional damage.  Several defendants have also filed cross-complaints alleging a variety of claims, including claims against the BlackRock Parties for contribution, negligence, and declaratory relief.  BlackRock believes the claims against it are without merit and intends to vigorously defend the actions.

Management, after consultation with legal counsel, currently does not anticipate that the aggregate liability arising out of regulatory matters or lawsuits will have a material effect on BlackRock’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows. However, there is no assurance as to whether any such pending or threatened matters will have a material effect on BlackRock’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows in any future reporting period. Due to uncertainties surrounding the outcome of these matters, management cannot reasonably estimate the possible loss or range of loss that may arise from these matters.  

 

 


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Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

During the three months ended September 30, 2016, the Company made the following purchases of its common stock, which is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 

Total Number

of Shares

Purchased

 

 

 

Average

Price Paid

per Share

 

 

Total Number of

Shares

Purchased as

Part of Publicly

Announced Plans

or Programs

 

 

Maximum

Number of

Shares that May

Yet Be

Purchased Under

the Plans or

Programs(1)

 

July 1, 2016 through July 31, 2016

 

 

218,220

 

(2)

 

$

360.51

 

 

 

217,436

 

 

 

4,312,657

 

August 1, 2016 through August 31, 2016

 

 

492,899

 

(2)

 

$

370.05

 

 

 

488,723

 

 

 

3,823,934

 

September 1, 2016 through September 30, 2016

 

 

43,100

 

(2)

 

$

371.95

 

 

 

42,264

 

 

 

3,781,670

 

Total

 

 

754,219

 

 

 

$

367.40

 

 

 

748,423

 

 

 

 

 

_______________________

 

(1) 

In January 2015, the Board of Directors approved an increase in the availability of shares that may be repurchased under the Company’s existing share repurchase program to allow for the repurchase of up to a total of 9.4 million additional shares of BlackRock common stock with no stated expiration date.

(2) 

Includes purchases made by the Company primarily to satisfy income tax withholding obligations of employees and members of the Company’s Board of Directors related to the vesting of certain restricted stock or restricted stock unit awards and purchases made by the Company as part of the publicly announced share repurchase program.

 

 

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Item 6.    Exhibits

 

Exhibit No. 

 

Description

 

 

 

 12.1

 

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

 

 

 

 31.1

 

Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 31.2

 

Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 32.1

 

Section 906 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

BLACKROCK, INC.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

   /s/ Gary Shedlin

Date: November 8, 2016

 

 

   Gary S. Shedlin

 

 

 

   Senior Managing Director &

   Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

 12.1

 

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

 

 

 

 31.1

 

Section 302 Certification of Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 31.2

 

Section 302 Certification of Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 32.1

 

Section 906 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

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