BlackRock has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as part of an effort to offer a wider variety of cloud hosting options for clients using BlackRock’s investment management and risk analytics platform, Aladdin.
Sudhir Nair
As part of the collaboration, Aladdin will be made available on AWS’s cloud infrastructure, to provide clients with enhanced flexibility and optionality to choose the hosting environment best suited to their technology and operational needs.
“Our Aladdin clients are seeking open, flexible platforms that can adapt to their operating models and scale with their ambitions,” said Sudhir Nair, senior managing director and global head of Aladdin at BlackRock.
“The Aladdin platform is built to be multi-cloud, and Aladdin on AWS is a key step in enabling multi-cloud functionality. By expanding Aladdin to AWS, we are giving clients more choice in where and how they deploy their technology ecosystem.”
Several firms are already set to adopt the new offering, with Amazon Treasury confirmed as one of the first participants. Additionally, clients using Aladdin Enterprise in the US are expected to be able to make use of this service in H2 2026.
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Scott Mullins, managing director of worldwide financial services at AWS, said: “With Aladdin running on AWS, clients gain access to secure, scalable and resilient infrastructure for advanced risk modelling, enterprise-grade analytics, and smart investment decision-making, while maintaining the highest security standards.”
The partnership aligns with increased cloud adoption across financial markets over the last few years, as a growing number of companies look to participate in cloud strategies.
Notably, 87% of companies have increased their investment in the cloud over the last two years, with operational resilience cited as a primary motivator for 92% of firms when it comes to choosing a cloud provider, as revealed in a LSEG report published in July 2025.
This growing adoption has also been reflected in several industry developments in recent months, and in April, LSEG named AWS as its preferred cloud provider for its markets, risk intelligence and FTSE Russell divisions, extending the two firms’ multi-year collaboration.
Similarly, BMLL Technologies and Saudi Tadawul Group’s Wamid agreed a multi-year strategic partnership in June, to launch a series of cloud-based analytics tools for the Saudi market.