BlackRock reported financial results for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2015. There was 5% revenue growth from Q2 2014 driven by growth in base fees.
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There was 10% operating income growth from the second quarter of 2014, 3% AUM growth from the second quarter of 2014, $7.3 billion of long-term net outflows for the second quarter of 2015, and $23.6 billion of active and iShares net inflows drove organic base fee growth, offsetting the
impact of $30.9 billion of low-fee non-ETF index net outflows.
Long-term net inflows of $17.5 billion in the Americas were offset by net outflows of $24.1 billion and $0.7 billion from clients in EMEA and Asia-Pacific, respectively. At June 30, 2015, BlackRock managed 62% of its long-term AUM for investors in the Americas and 38% for clients in EMEA and Asia-Pacific.
Retail long-term net inflows of $10.8 billion included net inflows of $7.4 billion in the United States and $3.4 billion internationally. Net inflows were led by fixed income net inflows of $9.8 billion, which were diversified across exposures, with $2.7 billion of inflows into unconstrained strategies, $1.6 billion into the High Yield suite, and $1.2 billion into Total Return.
In equities, European Equities raised $1.5 billion, while multi-asset net inflows were led by $1.6 billion into the Multi-Asset Income fund family.
iShares long-term net inflows of $10.9 billion included equity net inflows of $8.8 billion, driven by demand for international developed market exposures. Fixed income net inflows of $1.5 billion reflected flows into investment grade corporate, U.S. aggregate and emerging markets bonds.
Institutional active long-term net inflows of $2.5 billion were led by multi-asset net inflows of $4.4 billion, reflecting solutions-based insurance fundings in the quarter and ongoing demand for the LifePath target-date suite.
Alternatives net inflows of $0.6 billion were led by flows into alternatives solutions and infrastructure, and included the impact of $1.0 billion of capital returned to investors.
Institutional index long-term net outflows of $31.4 billion were driven by equity net outflows of $34.6 billion linked to asset allocation, re-balancing and cash needs.
Cash management AUM decreased 7% to $271.5 billion, driven by seasonal outflows. Advisory AUM decreased $5.2 billion to $12.9 billion. ■