Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has asked a senior executive from BlackRock to speak with public and private sector officials at a meeting at the PM's residence on Friday

  • BlackRock's chief product officer, Richard Kushel, is expected to attend
  • Abe, government ministers & corporate executives will discuss ways of spurring growth
  • WSJ citing people with knowledge of the meeting

Wall Street Journal article for more (ungated)

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BlackRock is the world's biggest asset-manager , US$4.51 trillion in assets under management

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The report is helping the Nikkei along today, up 0.77% as I update