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BlackRock posts $205 billion in Q3 net inflows, two-thirds from iShares

Assets under management rose 15% to a record $15.49 trillion.

By the Issuers desk2 sources

At a glance

  1. The total beat the $171.5 billion analysts expected, ETF Trends reported from BlackRock's Oct. 14 earnings call.
  2. BlackRock reported 11% annualized organic base fee growth for the quarter.
  3. The iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) added $4.92 billion in net new capital, the majority of the $7.9 billion BlackRock reported in digital-asset flows for the quarter, according to ETF Trends.

BlackRock posted $205 billion in net inflows in the third quarter, about two-thirds of it from iShares ETFs.

Assets under management rose 15% to a record $15.49 trillion from $13.46 trillion in 2025.

The total beat the $171.5 billion analysts expected, ETF Trends reported from BlackRock's Oct. 14 earnings call.

BlackRock reported 11% annualized organic base fee growth for the quarter.

Core bond, international equity, bitcoin

The iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) added $4.92 billion in net new capital, the majority of the $7.9 billion BlackRock reported in digital-asset flows for the quarter, according to ETF Trends.

The iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (IUSB) took in more than $7 billion, and the iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF (ACWX) drew more than $6 billion, according to VettaFi's ETF Database.

IBIT's quarter supports the argument this publication made in September: the tripling case for bitcoin ETFs rests on allocators, not wrappers. The coverage of the call says IBIT pulled in significant institutional allocations.

BlackRock framed the quarter around a divided macro regime, per the same coverage: steady capital deployment into broad-market beta on one side, and allocations pushed into fixed income, real assets and systematic strategies by rate volatility and geopolitical tension on the other.

Reported by the Issuers desk from ETF Trends and VettaFi ETF Database (cited within ETF Trends). Published . Corrections

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