Asset Management

A tiny activist fund is trying to unseat Larry Fink

Bluebell Capital proposal to remove the BlackRock CEO as chairman faces long odds

Friday 5 April 2024 at 06:44

Larry Fink has been chair and chief executive of BlackRock since 1988
Larry Fink has been chair and chief executive of BlackRock since 1988 Photo: Jeenah Moon via Getty Images

A small activist hedge fund is aiming to oust BlackRock founder Larry Fink as the chairman of the world’s largest asset manager.

London-based Bluebell Capital Partners has introduced a shareholder resolution that would amend BlackRock’s bylaws to require that the chairman be an independent director, according to BlackRock’s proxy statement filed 4 April with the Securities and Exchange Commission.