BlackRock International Limited
Reference number: 178638
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Also registered under the Money Laundering Regulations
Identity
Check their details
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No website on the FCA register
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Verified phone number
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Verified address
Dundas House, 20 Brandon Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH3 5PP, United Kingdom
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- SC160821
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 October 1995 (30 years old)
- Registered office
- Dundas House, 20 Brandon Street, Edinburgh, EH3 5PP, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Fund management activities (SIC 66300)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor Judith De Freitas | Director | May 1974 | 3 Apr 2014 |
| Margaret Anne Young | Director | Nov 1954 | 9 Sep 2014 |
| Matthieu Benoit Duncan | Director | Jan 1965 | 21 Jul 2021 |
| Deborah Clarke | Director | Apr 1961 | 21 Jul 2021 |
| Justine Clair Anderson | Director | Sep 1978 | 12 Jul 2022 |
| Rachel Lord | Director | Sep 1965 | 16 May 2024 |
| Ruwan Upendra Weerasekera | Director | Oct 1966 | 2 Aug 2024 |
| Charles Christopher Prideaux | Director | Sep 1966 | 1 Sep 2025 |
| BLACKROCK COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 22 Jan 2016 |
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
Limits on what they may do
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BlackRock International Limited will not, without prior written consent of the Authority, provide the following services:
Operate any machine which utilises automated processes to exchange cryptoassets for money or money for cryptoassets.
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BlackRock International Limited can only provide the following specific arranging activities on behalf of its only customer:
BlackRock International Limited have been appointed as an arranger for their only customer, iShares Digital Assets AG, who issue Exchange Traded Products (“ETPs”). BlackRock International Limited have defined an ETP as secured, undated, limited recourse securities backed by a specified cryptoasset. BlackRock International Limited can only provide the following specific arranging activities on behalf of its only customer: 1. Arrange the execution of transactions in cryptoassets to support ETP subscriptions and redemptions between the Issuer and the Authorised Participants (who have been appointed by the Issuer and the firm in respect of a series); 2. Arrange for the sale of cryptoassets for fiat currency to pay the operational fees of itself and the Issuer’s service providers in relation to the relevant series; 3. Arrange for the sale of cryptoassets for fiat on early redemption of the ETP The ETP will be issued in “series” with each “series” providing exposure to a cryptoasset. BlackRock International Limited will not, without prior written consent of the Authority, onboard any new customer for the purposes of arranging the ETP.
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May control money if settlement through a mandate.
The general requirement not to hold or control CLIENT MONEY does not restrict the firm from controlling CLIENT MONEY if it arises from an agreement under which the firm effects settlement through a mandate or otherwise.
Complaints: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
FCA actions and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action, and no complaints recorded with the Ombudsman.
Previously registered as
The FCA register holds 5 earlier registered names for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.
- BlackRock International, Limited
- BlackRock, International Limited
- CastleInternational Asset Management Ltd
- CastleRock Capital Management Ltd
- Semple Fraser W.S.
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