# BlackRock CEO Larry Fink's talk to Stern students was highlighted

1 School News May 9, 2013 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-09/blackrock-vote-on-dimon-s-future-highlights-jpmorgan-link.html) -- "BlackRock began a five-year branding campaign last year as it seeks to get investors back into higher-yielding assets such as stocks and expand its retail business. Fink has said clients need to diversify and can be harmed by staying in cash-like products. Earlier this week, he spoke at New York University’s Stern School of Business about the need for retirement-savings reform and creating a mandatory savings system."

[Read more](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-09/blackrock-vote-on-dimon-s-future-highlights-jpmorgan-link.html)

Additional coverage appeared on [TIME](http://business.time.com/2013/05/10/blackrocks-fink-put-it-all-in-stocks/).