US regulator probes whether consumers suffer if investors own big stakes in competing companies

Former central banker will serve as senior adviser to investment institute

Groups double the number of funds that can be traded free of commission

US senators write to chiefs of BlackRock, JPMorgan and Fidelity over deforestation concerns

Trading freeze means sovereign debt could be excluded from EM indices

The possibility of Nicolás Maduro’s government falling has raised hopes among the country’s creditors

Annual letter says companies should step up as ‘political dsyfunction’ rises

BlackRock boss predicts positive 2019 despite slide in assets under management

Message purporting to be from Larry Fink threatened to ditch groups not taking action on environment

Despite Mark Wiedman’s promotion, observers say other executives remain in the running

Strategies revised in response to more challenging market conditions

Larry Fink promotes head of index investing to new international role