v3.20.4
Variable Interest Entities (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member]  
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]  
Schedule of VIE Assets and Liabilities At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company’s carrying value of assets and liabilities included on the 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 December 31, 2020

 

Investments

 

 

Advisory

Fee

Receivables

 

 

Other Net

Assets

(Liabilities)

 

 

Maximum

Risk of Loss(1)

 

Sponsored investment products

 

$

662

 

 

$

71

 

 

$

(13

)

 

$

750

 

At December 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsored investment products

 

$

539

 

 

$

71

 

 

$

(10

)

 

$

627

 

 

(1)

At both December 31, 2020 and 2019, BlackRock’s maximum risk of loss associated with these VIEs primarily related to BlackRock’s investments and the collection of advisory fee receivables.