Despite the recent drains in Crypto-Etfs reports the world’s largest asset manager Blackrock strong numbers for the first quarter of 2025. The company was robust -not only for traditional assets, but also in the area of digital assets. CEO Larry Fink even speaks of one of the most successful quarters in recent years.
Q1 numbers: growth in managed assets and income
Compared to the first quarter of 2024, the managed assets rose from Black rock by 11 % to impressive $ 11.6 trillion. The income also increased by 12 % in the year. In total, the company flowed $ 84 billion in the first quarter-an increase of 3 % compared to the previous year.
The ETF brand Ishares was particularly successful: with a net inflow of $ 107 billion, she recorded the best first quarter of its history.
Focus on fee growth despite lower net inflows
The net inflow fell significantly compared to the fourth quarter of 2024-from 281 to $ 84 billion-but CEO Larry Fink sees no reason to worry. The true indicator of success is the development of fee income, not only the managed volume.
With an increase in fees by 6 %, it was the strongest Q1 for Blackrock in this regard since 2021. Fink sees this as proof of the resistance of the company in a volatile market environment.
“The connection to our customers is stronger than ever today,” says Fink.
Crypto remains small but growing part of the business
Although black rock in the crypto world for his Bitcoin-and Ethereum ETFS is known, the area of digital assets plays only a subordinate role overall: they currently only make up 1 % of long-term income. Nevertheless, Blackrock already manages $ 50.3 billion in digital assets.
In the first quarter of 2025 alone, $ 3 billion flowed into crypto products-a considerable result in view of the general market situation. Other providers such as Grayscale had to accept massive drains in the same period: since January $ 1.4 billion pulled out of crypto ETFs.
Despite the rough environment, Blackrock is stable. The company not only asserts itself in the traditional financial sector, but also continues to expand its position in the crypto area – albeit carefully. The numbers prove: While other asset managers are fighting with drains, Blackrock attracts billions – and smiles across the chaos.