Michael Gates, CFA, Managing Director, is BlackRock's Head of Model Portfolio Solutions for the Americas and Lead Portfolio Manager for the Target Allocation and Target Income models and mutual funds at BlackRock. Responsible for roughly $120 billion in assets, Michael is a member of BlackRock’s ...more

Michael Gates, CFA, Managing Director, is BlackRock's Head of Model Portfolio Solutions for the Americas and Lead Portfolio Manager for the Target Allocation and Target Income models and mutual funds at BlackRock. Responsible for roughly $120 billion in assets, Michael is a member of BlackRock’s Model Risk Oversight Committee. Michael was a founder of BlackRock’s Model Portfolio Solutions Group at its inception in 2012. BlackRock’s Target Allocation (TA) model series lead all providers in the US in value of assets tracking according to Morningstar, and the TA ETF, Long Horizon, Tax Aware and ESG model series Michael Gates manages have been awarded Gold Medals by Morningstar. Michael’s service at BlackRock dates to 1999 including his years with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which merged with BlackRock in 2009. Prior to founding the Model Portfolio Solutions group, Michael conducted quantitative trading research for equities in BlackRock’s Global Trading Group. At BGI, Michael led in the development and implementation of BGI’s quantitative approach in fixed income and alternative asset investing. Michael serves as the co-chair of BlackRock’s US Social Mobility Network. Disclosures: http://bit.ly/2vmehgrless