BlackRock and AccessFintech Forge New Connectivity Standard for Post-Trade Collaboration
BlackRock and AccessFintech have entered into a wide-ranging strategic partnership designed to reshape how purchase-side and trade-side firms collaborate across the post-trade lifecycle. The initiative integrates AccessFintech’s Synergy Network with Aladdin, BlackRock’s global investment management and operations platform. By unifying these ecosystems, the firms aim to introduce unprecedented levels of interoperability, real-time data sharing, and exception management across global markets.
The partnership connects Aladdin’s extensive purchase-side community with more than 250 banks, brokers, custodians, and market-infrastructure providers already operating on AccessFintech’s network. This creates a directly linked workflow between institutions that typically rely on fragmented connections, manual interventions, or bilateral reconciliations to resolve trade discrepancies. Both firms describe the integration as a milestone in their long-standing collaboration and a step toward “intelligent workflow” across asset classes.
AccessFintech CEO Sarah Shenton emphasized that the integration is built around secure, API-first connectivity designed to replace legacy friction points with shared, real-time visibility. BlackRock leaders echoed this focus on connectivity, noting that the partnership accelerates the that surface actionable, predictive insights rather than relying on later than-the-fact reporting.
Real-Time Data, AI-Enhanced Insights and Operational Transparency
Through this integration, Aladdin clients gain immediate access to cross-asset, multi-region post-trade data delivered in real time. Users will be able to collaborate directly with brokers, custodians, and servicing partners through shared dashboards and automated workflows. The result is a reduction in settlement delays, better exception management, and a deeper understanding of where operational risks emerge throughout the lifecycle of trades.
Beyond transparency, the partnership brings by the Synergy Network’s data models. Firms will receive ahead warnings on potential fails, mismatches, and bottlenecks—all within the Aladdin framework they already use for portfolio management, trading oversight, and risk analysis. BlackRock believes this approach not only improves post-trade efficiency but materially strengthens operational resilience across securities, derivatives, and private markets.
For trade-side firms and asset servicers, the partnership opens a new distribution channel directly into one of the world’s largest purchase-side technology ecosystems. AccessFintech’s network allows them to interact with Aladdin clients in a standardized manner, streamlining communication and reducing the resource burden typically associated with reconciliation. According to BlackRock’s Global Investment Operations leadership, this cooperative model elevates decision-making while improving service outcomes for end investors.
Takeaway
Investment Signals Long-Term Commitment to Post-Trade Innovation
Alongside the operational partnership, BlackRock has made a strategic investment in AccessFintech to support its next phase of global expansion. The funding is expected to underpin product innovation, enhance cross-platform integration, and accelerate adoption of Synergy Network capabilities across new markets. While financial details were not disclosed, both firms view the investment as a signal of their joint .
The investment comes at a time when institutions are under pressure to automate and standardize post-trade processes that remain costly and inefficient. With regulatory expectations rising globally—and with operational errors often resulting in expensive remediation—firms are turning to data-driven answers that reduce manual intervention. BlackRock and AccessFintech aim to address these challenges by providing a single, interoperable answer built on secure cloud-based architecture.
AccessFintech plans to use the capital infusion to accelerate development of new predictive models, expand support for complex asset classes, and deepen integrations with custodians, agent banks, and clearing entities. The broader objective is to create the industry’s most comprehensive post-trade collaboration network—one that digitizes communication flows and streamlines exception management across thousands of institutional users relying on Aladdin.
