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Variable Interest Entities (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Consolidated Variable Interest Entities [Member]  
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]  
Schedule of VIE Assets and Liabilities

Consolidated VIE assets and liabilities are presented after intercompany eliminations in the following table:

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(in millions)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Assets of consolidated VIEs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

103

 

 

$

186

 

Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading debt securities

 

 

939

 

 

 

1,395

 

Equity securities at FVTNI

 

 

736

 

 

 

569

 

Bank loans

 

 

145

 

 

 

84

 

Other investments

 

 

182

 

 

 

263

 

Carried interest

 

 

429

 

 

 

369

 

Total investments

 

 

2,431

 

 

 

2,680

 

Other assets

 

 

63

 

 

 

876

 

Total assets of consolidated VIEs

 

 

2,597

 

 

 

3,742

 

Liabilities of consolidated VIEs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Borrowings

 

 

(142

)

 

 

(84

)

Other liabilities

 

 

(502

)

 

 

(1,290

)

NCI

 

 

(723

)

 

 

(1,076

)

BlackRock's net interests in consolidated VIEs

 

$

1,230

 

 

$

1,292

 

 

Schedule of Net Gain (Loss) Related to Consolidated VIEs

Net gain (loss) related to consolidated VIEs is presented in the following table:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30,

 

 

June 30,

 

(in millions)

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonoperating net gain (loss) on consolidated VIEs

 

$

39

 

 

$

(14

)

 

$

133

 

 

$

(12

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to NCI on consolidated VIEs

 

$

12

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

17

 

 

$

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]  
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]  
Schedule of VIE Assets and Liabilities At June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company’s carrying value of assets and liabilities included on the condensed consolidated statements of financial condition pertaining to nonconsolidated VIEs and its maximum risk of loss related to VIEs for which it held a variable interest, but for which it was not the PB, was as follows:

(in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At June 30, 2019

 

Investments

 

 

Advisory Fee Receivables

 

 

Other Net Assets (Liabilities)

 

 

Maximum Risk of Loss(1)

 

Sponsored investment products

 

$

492

 

 

$

65

 

 

$

(7

)

 

$

574

 

At December 31, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsored investment products

 

$

348

 

 

$

43

 

 

$

(6

)

 

$

408

 

 

 

(1)

At both June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, BlackRock’s maximum risk of loss associated with these VIEs primarily related to BlackRock’s investments and the collection of advisory fee receivables.