A group of anti-war campaigners are to stage a protest outside the New York offices of BlackRock on Wednesday, accusing the world’s largest investment manager of making a “killing from killing”.

Code Pink, a female-led anti-war group, is organising the protest to coincide with BlackRock’s annual shareholder meeting on May 23 with simultaneous demonstrations being held outside the US asset manager’s offices in Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco.