MasterInvestorsyour investors

Institutional Investors: Who They Are?

Stock markets are represented by various participants, who differ in the functions they perform and the size of their capital. The biggest players in the stock market are institutional investors. So who are institutional investors? Institutional investors are large credit and financial companies that serve as intermediaries between investors and investment objects. Through the accumulation of investor money, institutional investors earn a certain margin for intermediation and act as brokers, managers, auditors, financial advisors, etc. They participate directly in securities trading and may be represented by banking and brokerage alliances, investment companies.

Read More

Giants of the Financial World: Part 2 – BlackRock

International company BlackRock is one of the largest investment companies in the world and the largest in terms of assets under management. As of 2021, the amount of assets under management at BlackRock reached $9 trillion (BlackRock Investor Day 2021).

Read More

Giants of the Financial World: Part 1 – The Vanguard Group

The Vanguard Group is the largest investment company in the world. The company was founded by John Bogle in 1975, and in 1976 the first index fund was launched - Vanguard 500 Index Fund, one of the largest funds in the world and tied to the S&P 500 Index. Ten years later in 1986, the company offers individual investors the first bond index fund – Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund (about.vanguard.com).

Read More