Aladdin Accounting
Aladdin Accounting brings investment, accounting, and performance records together for institutional clients.
What Aladdin Accounting is
Aladdin Accounting brings investment, accounting, and performance records together for institutional clients. It combines the Investment Book of Record, Accounting Book of Record, and Performance Book of Record in one platform. Coverage spans public and private markets, including equities, fixed income, derivatives, and alternatives, with accounting across GAAP, IFRS, STAT, TAX, and local jurisdictions. It supports closed-book holdings, market and book values, and official performance returns based on IBOR, ABOR, or fund administrator data. The platform also supports regulatory reporting for NAIC, Solvency II, BMA, and Lloyd’s of London. Controls include exception management, fund administrator oversight, and shadow accounting; composite administration workflows support GIPS compliance and local regulations. Aladdin Studio REST APIs provide read and write access to Aladdin data for custom applications and workflows. BlackRock offers the solution as software or a service, with tailored in-house or outsourced options. It is designed for asset managers and asset owners, including insurers and pension funds. Pricing is paid and available on request.
Good
- Covers public and private market assets.
- Supports multiple accounting bases.
- Includes regulatory reporting support.
- Offers REST APIs with read and write access.
- Available as software or a service.
Watch out
- Paid software with pricing on request.
- Designed for institutional and professional clients.
- The service model may involve tailored in-house or outsourced solutions.
Who it suits
Aladdin Accounting is intended for institutional, wholesale, qualified, and professional investors and clients. Its described users include asset managers, asset owners, insurers, and pension funds that need investment accounting and performance workflows.
Verdict
Aladdin Accounting brings investment records, accounting, performance, reporting, and controls together for institutional workflows. Prospective clients need to request pricing and discuss implementation with an expert.
Plans and prices
From Aladdin Accounting's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Aladdin Accounting | Priced on request | institutional, wholesale, qualified and professional investor/client use |
The facts
Each one read from Aladdin Accounting's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accounting bases
- It supports multi-basis accounting, including GAAP, IFRS, STAT and TAX, with journal entries that feed a general ledger.checked 9 Oct 2026
- API access
- Aladdin Studio REST APIs provide read and write access to Aladdin data for custom applications and workflows.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Asset coverage
- The platform supports public and private market assets, including equities, fixed income, derivatives and alternatives.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Controls
- The product describes embedded quality controls, exception management, fund administrator oversight and shadow accounting.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data controls
- BlackRock says the platform uses built-in quality controls and exception-based handling to support reliable data and reduce reconciliation and manual work.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Data quality
- BlackRock says centralized workflows and built-in quality controls help provide reliable data and reduce reconciliation work.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Delivery and support
- The solution is offered as software or a service, with a dedicated Aladdin team providing tailored in-house or outsourced solutions.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Fund oversight
- It supports daily review of third-party calculated returns and net asset values across funds and share classes.checked 9 Oct 2026
- GIPS workflows
- Composite administration workflows support GIPS compliance and local regulations, including composite tracking, reports, disclosures and marketing materials.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Implementation
- BlackRock describes an implementation playbook refined through hundreds of projects and directs prospective clients to speak with an expert.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The page describes centralized data from the Aladdin ecosystem and connectivity to data providers, financial institutions and regulators.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- BlackRock describes the platform as designed for institutional, wholesale, qualified and professional investors and clients, including asset managers and asset owners.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Official returns
- For separately managed accounts, it can calculate closed-book portfolio market and book valuations and returns from IBOR data.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Performance reporting
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Aladdin Accounting provides investment accounting and performance solutions across the investment accounting lifecycle.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- It supports standard and regulatory reporting with flexible chart-of-accounts mapping.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Returns and valuations
- It supports closed-book holdings, market and book values, and official performance returns driven by IBOR, ABOR or fund administrator data.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- BlackRock says its enterprise information security program includes identity and access management, threat detection and incident response, secure technology and infrastructure, and third-party risk management.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Service model
- BlackRock offers accounting solutions as software or a service, with tailored in-house or outsourced solutions.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Unified records
- It brings together the Investment Book of Record, Accounting Book of Record and Performance Book of Record in one platform.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Who it serves
- BlackRock says Aladdin Accounting is designed for asset managers and asset owners, including insurers and pension funds.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- BlackRock says it was founded in 1988 in New York to manage fixed-income assets.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1988checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, USAchecked 28 Sep 2026
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