BlackRock
BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager with over $10 trillion in assets under management. Through its Aladdin platform, BlackRock provides institutional investors, wealth managers, and financial services firms with risk analytics, portfolio management, and data capabilities via APIs. The Aladdin platform powers investment operations for many of the world's largest pension funds, insurers, and asset managers.
APIs
BlackRock Aladdin API
The Aladdin Developer program provides APIs that enable clients to access BlackRock's Aladdin platform capabilities programmatically. Aladdin APIs support portfolio analytics, r...
Capabilities
Features
Multi-asset risk measurement and attribution capabilities accessible via API, including VaR, factor exposures, stress testing, and scenario analysis.
APIs for portfolio construction, optimization, rebalancing, and compliance monitoring integrated with the Aladdin operating system.
Structured access to market data, security reference data, and portfolio data via RESTful APIs with enterprise data governance.
APIs for trade order management, execution, and settlement workflows integrating with OMS and EMS systems.
Open-source Python SDK providing programmatic access to Aladdin APIs with authentication, pagination, and data transformation utilities.
Event-driven workflow APIs enabling clients to automate investment operations processes and integrate with third-party systems.
Use Cases
Institutional investors use Aladdin APIs to generate regulatory risk reports, UCITS compliance reports, and investor disclosures.
Wealth managers and RIAs integrate Aladdin risk analytics into their own client-facing and advisor-facing platforms.
FinTech companies access structured investment data through Aladdin APIs to power analytics, research, and advisory products.
Portfolio managers automate rebalancing workflows using Aladdin APIs to trigger trades based on drift thresholds and target allocations.
Family offices and fund-of-funds use Aladdin APIs to aggregate portfolio data across multiple managers into a single risk view.
Integrations
Aladdin integrates with Charles River IMS for order management and compliance workflow automation.
Integration between Aladdin risk analytics and SimCorp's portfolio management and accounting systems.
Market data and analytics integrations with Bloomberg Data License and Bloomberg PORT for risk and performance.
Security master data and market data integrations with Refinitiv Datascope and Eikon platforms.