BlackRock Integrates Rates Trading Into Existing Aladdin Platform

BlackRock has collaborated with electronic market-maker Tradeweb Markets to allow users of its proprietary risk and portfolio management platform, Aladdin, to manage, price and execute orders in the rates and derivatives markets. The new addition to the popular platform, which is used by 20,000 investment professionals worldwide, aims to bridge the liquidity gap created in the rates market following a retreat by banks working towards stricter capital requirements.