BlackRock has strengthened its liquid alternatives lineup with the launch of the iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF (IALT), a multi-asset strategy designed to generate absolute returns across market cycles while maintaining low correlation to traditional equity and fixed income markets. The fund blends BlackRock’s alpha-seeking systematic approaches—including equity market neutral, diversified bond, and managed futures strategies—into a single liquid vehicle. 

“In an environment characterized by high market concentrations, elevated valuations and volatility, and more positive stock-bond correlations, investors are increasingly seeking new ways to build diversified portfolios that can withstand uncertainty while managing liquidity,” said Raffaele Savi, Global Head of BlackRock Systematic. 

IALT is managed by a seasoned BlackRock team including Savi, Jeff Rosenberg, Richard Mathieson, and Stephanie Lee, and is benchmarked to the ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Benchmark Treasury Bill Index. 

The launch underscores BlackRock’s growing commitment to active ETFs and liquid alts as investor demand accelerates. The firm now oversees more than $5 trillion across its global ETF platform—including over $100 billion in active ETFs—and projects that global assets in the active ETF category will more than quadruple to $4.2 trillion by 2030.