BlackRock Buys Preqin for $3.2B in Private Assets Push

What You Need To Know

• The deal deepens BlackRock's ability to oversee risks and analyze data across fast-growing markets for private assets.
• Alternative assets are expected to reach nearly $40 trillion by the end of the decade, the firm says.
• Preqin covers 190,000 funds, 60,000 fund managers and 30,000 private markets investors.