Rebirth of England.

Chapter 669 Whoever Wins Helps
In Barron's previous life, he often heard a statement that BlackRock controlled America because they managed more than 10 trillion US dollars in assets, ranking first in the world, and almost all of the world's top 500 companies had shares in BlackRock. This group controlled the economic lifeline of the world...

Well, how should I put it? This kind of statement vividly reflects the charm of journalism, which is to satisfy people's curiosity and conspiracy theories.

BlackRock Group is indeed very powerful after more than ten years. Its strength comes from the scale of assets it manages and the influence it thus possesses.

But if we draw the conclusion that "BlackRock Group rules the world" or "BlackRock Group controls America" ​​based on this, it would be a bit hasty.

If this logic is valid, then I would like to ask, BlackRock Group only accelerated its development after the subprime mortgage crisis. Then why did the financial companies with the highest assets under management before BlackRock not control the world or America, but were instead surpassed by BlackRock Group?
In fact, it is precisely because of the scale of assets managed by the BlackRock Group that their investment method is destined to choose the world's largest and most powerful companies to invest in, and to invest their own funds in the most prosperous branches of the global economy to ensure that they can obtain the dividends of development.

Just like Barron, in the past, his investments were more based on his memories of his previous lives, and he looked for the fastest-growing industries to enter.

However, as the countdown of his past life experience progresses, coupled with the increase in his own scale, the current world is different from his previous life in many details and nodes. Therefore, his future investments will increasingly tend to be like the BlackRock Group's approach, which is to invest extensively in companies that are more likely to survive, have greater development potential, and are more stable.

At the same time, this is also determined by the scale of funds. If the assets you manage are only in the billions or trillions, the investment methods will inevitably be different.

As for why the scale of funds managed by BlackRock Group has expanded so rapidly...

That's because BlackRock Group hit the right development trend after the subprime mortgage crisis, and their Aladdin system is very effective, so the group has been successful.

And capital will always choose the successful ones.

Just like what was said in the movie “Let the Bullets Fly” – they will help whoever wins.

It's that simple.

In the process of BlackRock Group's rise, completing the acquisition of BGI, the asset management department of Barclays Bank, is a very important step.

In Barron's previous life, when BlackRock Group acquired BGI, Larry Fink was busy making phone calls to people for two days and two nights, using all his connections to raise the funds needed to acquire BGI.

Even so, to acquire BGI, BlackRock Group at the time only put out US$45 billion in cash, and also put out 19.9% ​​of BlackRock Group's shares!
Of course, these are well worth it. By integrating BGI, especially its ETF fund iShares, BlackRock Group has successfully embarked on the path of capital expansion.

Now, Barron needs to make Standard Chartered Merrill Lynch the new owner of BGI.

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"According to the news from Paris, the driver of the construction truck that caused the accident that night worked for a local construction company. He had been divorced for many years and had been living alone. The investigation of his phone records did not support the possibility that someone was instigating him. In addition, he died at the scene of the accident..."

"So there's no progress?"

"At present, it seems that there is no useful information to be obtained from the driver. According to the autopsy report, the driver has a long history of drug use. The police are more inclined to believe that this was an accident caused by loss of control..."

Barron had already anticipated this result. After all, since the other party chose to do this, it would be difficult for the police to obtain any effective information...

But do many things really require such detailed evidence?
Moreover, although there is no evidence that the driver was instructed, according to relevant investigations, the driver's driving route on the day of the accident was obviously different from the normal driving track of the other party. In addition, the other party did not slow down or brake when hitting the car that Ashley Weber was riding. If it is all coincidence, it is too hasty. If it is a human-instructed move, then in terms of motivation, although the Weber family may have some enemies or factions, it is difficult to find someone who can directly attack Ashley Weber, who is not a core member of the Weber family politically.

The only ones who have this motive are the Rothschild family, who were once “cheated” by William Weber Capital in a bet agreement and compete with them in the private banking field…

Moreover, before this, the Rothschild Bank itself was one of the important shareholders of Natixis Bank. With the investment of William Weber Capital, they became the largest single shareholder of Natixis Bank, which also diluted the influence of the Rothschild family in this bank.

This is enough to make the other party hate Ashley...

What's more, this style of resorting to tricks after being at a disadvantage in the competition is indeed very much like what the Rothschild family would do.

Benjamin Rothschild did this once to Barron in London.

It’s just that for a family with a long history like the Rothschild family, it can be said that after such a long period of inheritance, although in terms of strength, the Rothschild family can no longer be compared with their heyday when they were as rich as a country, their foundation still exists.

Especially in Europe, the Rothschild family has connections with many new and old forces. It is not an ordinary family and is not easy to deal with.

In terms of strength, Barron was not afraid of the other party at all, but he couldn't really send people to shoot all the Rothschild family members...

Whether it can be done or not is not discussed for the moment - this kind of family, after so many generations of inheritance, there are countless people who can be called the descendants of the Rothschild family. Even its core members naturally have relatively strict security measures.

You can raid and kill one or two people, but once this happens, the others will be alert and will not wait for you to come over like in movies and TV shows...

But even if he could do this, Barron would not do it unless it was absolutely necessary.

Indeed, among the top leaders in Europe and the United States, achieving goals through assassination is not uncommon - in fact, the moral bottom line of these people is far lower than you think.

But the key point is that exterminating a family is different from your usual competition. Once you do this, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, so how will others see you?

I'm afraid that not only will they become wary of you and distance themselves from you, but it's not impossible that other families will join forces to exclude you.

As for the use of financial means, not to mention that the Rothschild family itself started out in this way, even if their current strength can only be regarded as second-rate in the world, it is almost impossible to cause them some losses and completely "demote them to common people" by using financial means.

Moreover, the LCF Rothschild Group is originally a family business. The Rothschild family holds most of the shares of this group very cautiously. The acquisition methods used by Barron before are unlikely to work.

Although family-style groups such as the Rothschild Group have relatively traditional and inefficient means of obtaining funds when competing with Wall Street capital, they have the disadvantage of being relatively traditional.

But at the same time, it also makes their control over the family business more secure.

Therefore, Barron can only slowly make plans at present, first gradually weakening the opponent's strength and influence.

(End of this chapter)