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Edwin Conway

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The Architect

Structured and legacy-driven; builds the systems and institutions that last.

Edwin Conway is The Architect by disposition and by method. His work building BlackRock's alternatives platform is deliberate and structural rather than opportunistic, engineering cross-asset scalability within regulatory constraints from the outset. The vocabulary tells its own story, building platforms, scaling across asset classes, democratising access through product structuring and education. Conway designs the system first, then populates it with purpose, which is precisely how architects lead.

IN THEIR WORDS, WHY ARCHITECT

Larry and Rob Capito's vision was how do we build a platform to allow us to be relevant to our clients across the various alternative asset classes, but also within the confines of what they are permitted to do on a year by year basis.

DESCRIBING BLACKROCK ALTERNATIVES PLATFORM STRATEGY

We took a different approach to most. It was around how do we scale into the business across real estate equity and debt, infrastructure equity and debt, private equity, private credit, and a very significant hedge fund platform.

EXPLAINING MULTI-ASSET ALTERNATIVES BUILD-OUT

Alternatives has to be for the many, not for the few. That comes from regulation changes, structuring of new products, education, and this knowledge transmission.

ON DEMOCRATIZING ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

MASTERS IN BUSINESS

Masters in Business: “Edwin Conway on BlackRock Alternative Investors (Podcast)”

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