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Headquartered in New York City, as of June 30, 2014, the firm had approximately 11,600 employees in more than 30 countries and a major presence in key global markets, including North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East and Africa. BlackRock also offers risk management, advisory and enterprise investment system services to a broad base of institutional investors through BlackRock Solutions®. BlackRock helps clients meet their goals and overcome challenges with a range of products that include separate accounts, mutual funds, iShares® (exchange-traded funds), and other pooled investment vehicles. At June 30, 2014, BlackRock's AUM was $4.594 trillion. As the home to some of the world's most innovative ventures, Nasdaq generates opportunities for issuers to access new markets and deliver new concepts that change the way the industry develops, manages and applies ETFs.īlackRock is a leader in investment management, risk management and advisory services for institutional and retail clients worldwide.

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Nasdaq operates an efficient platform for successfully introducing a product suite into one of the single largest pools of liquidity, including market participants which represent a full spectrum of investors. 'As an operator of leading electronic trading venues in multiple asset classes including cash equities and fixed income, we continue to facilitate various investment opportunities in these products.' 'We are thrilled to embark on a closer partnership with BlackRock and welcome their unique exchange-traded product to the Nasdaq family of listed companies and ETPs,' said Walt Smith, Vice President, Head of U.S. Additionally, the ETF structure of COMT alleviates the need for investors to file a K-1 at tax time. The fund manager uses a roll methodology designed to minimize the negative return impact of 'contango', which describes a term structure of the futures curve where the future price is above the expected future spot price. The fund is intended to be an all-in-one commodity solution by providing comprehensive commodity exposure in a smarter, more efficient way through both futures and equities removing a tax barrier that may have kept investors away from commodities and utilizing a roll methodology that seeks to improve returns. 'The iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF provides investors with comprehensive commodity exposure in a simple, efficient way through futures and equities and removes a tax barrier that may have kept investors away from commodities.'ĬOMT is innovatively structured to provide cost-effective, simple access to a diversified mix of commodities through futures and commodity-related companies. 'We believe commodities play an important role in investor's portfolios, but investing in them can be a challenge,' said Patrick Dunne, Head of iShares Global Markets and Investments at BlackRock. COMT will begin trading on Nasdaq today, October 16 th, 2014. will list a new exchange-traded fund, iShares Commodities Select Strategy ETF (Symbol: COMT), on The Nasdaq Stock Market. 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Nasdaq today announced that BlackRock, Inc.