Business Editors
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 2004
Unique Global Capital Markets Experience to Enhance Investment
Management, Risk Management and Advisory Capabilities
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) today announced that Peter R. Fisher, former Under Secretary of the U.S. Treasury, has joined BlackRock as a Managing Director and a member of the firm's Management Committee. Mr. Fisher will help build BlackRock's investment and risk management business, and have primary responsibility for expanding the balance sheet advisory services the firm offers to public and private financial services organizations worldwide. In addition, he will serve as a member of the firm's Investment Strategy Committee, contributing his unique insights on the global capital markets to the assessment of investment opportunities and development of portfolio management strategies for the firm's substantial and growing clientele.
Mr. Fisher recently served as Under Secretary of the Treasury, where he had primary responsibility for U.S. debt management. He previously worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he most recently was responsible for all of the Federal Reserve's open market and foreign exchange operations. In his public sector experience, Mr. Fisher dealt with complex asset and liability management issues, and he has been an outspoken advocate of comprehensive risk assessment and disciplined balance sheet management.
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