BlackRock (BLK): FY25 Q4 earnings call, Jan 15, 2026
On its Jan 15, 2026 earnings call (FY25 Q4), BlackRock said 4 of the 8 words Kalshi and Polymarket listed; Parrot’s count agreed with all 8 settlements. Quotes below are at most 25 words each.
UpdatedMarkets
8 words · 4 settled yes · our count agreed on 8 of 8- Kalshi: company speakers + operator
Kalshi - Polymarket: anyone
Polymarket
backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.
| Word | Result | Our count | All speakers | Agrees | Probability | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private market | Yes | 52 | 56 | ✓ | 97%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts | – |
| Aladdin | Yes | 11 | 11 | ✓ | 94%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts | – |
| Digital Asset | Yes | 7 | 7 | ✓ | 91%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts | – |
| Performance Fee | Yes | 7 | 8 | ✓ | 91%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts | – |
| Crypto / Bitcoin | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 78%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Stablecoin | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 72%transcripts from the transcript model | – |
| Record AUM | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 71%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts | – |
| ETF Inflow | No | 0 | 0 | ✓ | 39%n=1+tx from settlement history blended with transcripts | – |
Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 21, 2026 04:22 UTC.
Transcript
quotes of at most 25 wordsSpeaker-labelled transcript · Source and credits · Used to count words; quotes of at most 25 words.
8 matches for “Performance Fee”; 5 quoted, at least 25 words apart.
…and are at a premium to our overall fee rate. Fourth quarter performance fees of $754 million increased from a year ago, reflecting higher revenue…
…benefit expense was up 20%, primarily reflecting higher incentive compensation associated with performance fees as well as higher operating income. The year-over-year increase also reflects…
…basis points from a year ago. Both periods reflect the impact of performance fees and related compensation. We continue to deliver margin expansion on recurring…
…'26, '27. So when I think about the 45% operating margin, excluding performance fees that you sort of highlighted for 2025, how should we think…
…deliver margin expansion on recurring fee-related earnings. So excluding the impact of performance fees and related comp, our margin would have been 45.5%, up 30…
Where the listed words were said
…in the fourth quarter. That growth is broad-based across our systematic franchise, private markets, ETFs, digital assets, cash and outsourcing. And it's across capabilities that…
…and decentralized financial ecosystems and it's powered by technology and data with Aladdin, eFront and Preqin. BlackRock houses the world's #1 ETF franchise, a top…
…markets across the industry, private markets to insurance, private markets to wealth, digital assets and active ETFs. We think these can all be $500 million…
…I'd remind you that we defer a portion of compensation linked to performance fees for talent retention. So in years where we see higher performance…
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