BlackRock Seeks to Lean More on AI in Equities Business as DeSpirito Departs

Published on November 20, 2025

BlackRock Inc.’s Tony DeSpirito, global chief investment officer of fundamental equities, is leaving the firm along with three other employees in that group as the asset manager shakes up its actively managed stock funds.

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