BlackRock’s Pulse on Global Investment Trends

Sep. 05, 2023

In this episode, Salim Ramji speaks with our host Andres Rincon to discuss views from the top of the asset management industry as it relates to fixed income, trading, innovation, model portfolios, and the future of the industry.

This episode was recorded on August 2, 2023.

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Headshot of Salim Ramji


Global Head of iShares and Index Investments, BlackRock

Headshot of Salim Ramji


Global Head of iShares and Index Investments, BlackRock

Headshot of Salim Ramji


Global Head of iShares and Index Investments, BlackRock

Salim Ramji, Senior Managing Director, is Global Head of iShares and Index Investments for BlackRock and a member of the firm's Global Executive Committee. Prior to his appointment to lead the iShares and Index Investments business in 2019, Mr. Ramji was Head of BlackRock's U.S. Wealth Advisory business where he was responsible for leading BlackRock's relationships with wealth management firms and platforms, for distributing BlackRock's alpha-seeking and iShares investment capabilities and for the adoption of BlackRock's portfolio construction and digital wealth technologies to financial advisors.
Mr. Ramji joined BlackRock in 2014, serving initially as the Global Head of Corporate Strategy. Before joining BlackRock, he was a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company where he led the Asset & Wealth Management practice areas. He started his career as a corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions lawyer in London and Hong Kong. Mr. Ramji earned a bachelor's degree in economics and politics from University of Toronto, a law degree from Cambridge University and is a CFA charter holder. He serves on the board of the Investment Company Institute and is a trustee of Graham Windham, a New York-based child-care agency.

Portrait of Andres Rincon


Managing Director and Head of ETF Sales and Strategy, TD Securities

Portrait of Andres Rincon


Managing Director and Head of ETF Sales and Strategy, TD Securities

Portrait of Andres Rincon


Managing Director and Head of ETF Sales and Strategy, TD Securities

Andres Rincon heads ETF sales and strategy at TD Securities. His ETF team advises both institutional and wealth investors on the ETF landscape and strategies, publishes a broad array of ETF publications, and works with TD's ETF market making team in facilitating ETF orders. Andres joined TD Securities in 2008, first managing credit risk for the dealer, and later as a member of the Equity Derivatives division. He later took on the task of expanding TD Securities' ETF sales and strategy platform. He is also a Chartered Market Technician (CMT).