Blackrock’s (BLK) Fink Seeks To Expand Influence Outside Wall Street

The world’s largest asset manager Blackrock Inc. (NYSE:BLK) is seeking to increase the awareness of the brand beyond its usual Wall Street confines and into the domain of the wider public. The company’s co-founder Laurence D. Fink is looking to assert his views, along with the company’s name,into the media in order to instill the firm with greater control and power. The company handles just over $3.5 trillion in assets at this stage more than any other of its type. That amount of money spread out in the economy entitles the investment firm to a larger voice in the public sphere…