From Bloomberg via MSN, December 11:
BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Larry Fink is back in the conversation around rebuilding Ukraine — this time with the Trump administration.
Fink’s role in talks on Ukraine’s future became public on Wednesday when President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sent out a social media post saying he had joined Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Jared Kushner for discussions around rebuilding the country’s economy.
“In fact, this could be considered the first meeting of the group that will work on a document concerning reconstruction and economic recovery of Ukraine,” Zelenskiy wrote. An image with the post showed Fink, in a room with Kushner, connecting to the conversation via video.
Fink’s involvement signals a return for BlackRock nearly a year after the firm halted its search for investors to back a multibillion-dollar Ukraine recovery fund. The fund had been on track to secure some $2.5 billion from countries, development banks, grant providers and private investors before it was shut down given uncertainty around Ukraine’s future following President Donald Trump’s re-election.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Fink’s involvement in the latest talks means the fund may be revived. BlackRock declined to comment on Fink’s role. The White House and Treasury Department didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment....
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The Pritzker fam thought they had things in hand with Penny representing them and the rest of the Chicago crowd, ditto for the factions behind Canada's Chrystia Freeland's most recent moves. That said, there may be some overlap between her constituency and and Fink's among the international jet set, he is, since August, interim co chair of the World Economic Forum (WEF) alongside Roche's André Hoffmann.
Previously:
December, 2022- "Zelensky Says Rebuilding Ukraine Will Cost More Than $1 trillion; Talks To BlackRock About The Opportunity (BLK)"
December, 2022 - More On BlackRock's Plans For Ukraine
February, 2023 - "Marketing Ukraine's Reconstruction To Fuel The War"
If you want in on the action, get to know this woman...June 2023 - Big Money: BlackRock and JPMorganTo Set Up Ukraine Reconstruction Bank (BLK; JPM)
