BlackRock

Analytics for retirement readiness.

Panelists: Hollie Fagan, Managing Director, BlackRock; Estee Jimerson, Managing Director – Head of Asset Manager Distribution & Engagement, Envestnet; Kunal Kapoor, CFA, Chief Executive Officer, Morningstar; Natalie Wolfsen, EVP and Chief Solutions Officer, AssetMark.

Venu Krishnamurthy is joining the asset management giant at a time when it is reorganizing itself and tinkering with product offerings to ward off fintechs and other challengers.

The bank, in conjunction with iCapital Network, is slashing requirements to participate in certain alternative investments that it once offered mainly to institutions or the ultrarich.

There's no reason that today's millennial-friendly microinvesting apps can't switch focus from spare change to real assets, industry executives warn.