BlackRock bars investors from Russia securities

Comes as Make My Money Matter issues a warning to pension schemes

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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Moscow, Russia

BlackRock has barred investors from buying any more Russian securities, adding that Russian securities now account for less than 0.01% of its clients’ assets.

The world's largest asset manager said yesterday (3 March) that it had "suspended the purchase of all Russian securities in [its] active and index funds" and added that the policy had come into eff...

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