Profile
James Edward Keenan is currently Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at BlackRock Capital Investment Corp.
since 2018.
He is also Director at Good Shepherd Services (New York) and Chief Investment Officer & Head-Global Credit at BlackRock Alternative Investors.
Formerly, Mr. Keenan was Chief Executive Officer at BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors LLC.
From 2022 to 2025, served as Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer at BlackRock Fund Advisors.
Between 1998 and 2003, worked as a Trader at UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC.
In 2003, held the position of Trader at Columbia Management Advisors, Inc. From 2017 to 2025, was CIO & Global Co-Head of Credit at BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Also held the role of Portfolio Manager at BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund Inc. Education includes an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame, conferred in 1998.
Jim Keenan active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| BLACKROCK CAPITAL INVESTMENT CORPORATION | Chief Executive Officer | 2018-04-29 |
BlackRock Alternative Investors
BlackRock Alternative Investors Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services | Chief Investment Officer | - |
Good Shepherd Services (New York)
Good Shepherd Services (New York) Services to the Health IndustryHealth Services Provides youth development, education and family service agency | Director/Board Member | - |
Former positions of Jim Keenan
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
BlackRock Fund Advisors
BlackRock Fund Advisors Investment ManagersFinance BFA uses various investment strategies and methods of analysis implemented by BlackRock’s Investment Group. The firm utilizes fixed-income strategies that are actively managed, model or index based. Their equity platform includes a broad range of products that vary according to investment style, market-cap, and geography. For cash management portfolios, the investment process emphasizes safety and liquidity over yield. Their alternative mandates focus on sourcing and managing high-alpha investments with lower correlation to public markets and developing a holistic approach to address client needs in alternatives investing. They also have Multi-Asset and Index mandates. | Head-Fixed Income Invts | 2025-04-30 |
BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors LLC
BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance BCIA focuses on credit, private equity and secondaries opportunities. The firm utilizes various investment strategies and methods of analysis implemented by their investment committee. | Chief Executive Officer | 2025-01-31 |
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance BFM utilizes fixed-income strategies that are actively managed, model or index based. The firm generally employs an active investment style that emphasizes rotation among different types of debt on a relative value basis, specific security selection, quantitative analysis of each security and the portfolio as a whole and intensive credit analysis and review. They utilize a risk-controlled, systematic process for portfolio construction and alpha generation. | Chief Investment Officer | 2025-01-30 |
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund Inc.
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2013-11-18 |
UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC
UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC Investment ManagersFinance UBS AM offers Equities, Fixed Income, Indexing, and Investment Solutions businesses. The firm provides active investment strategies to their clients and principally employs fundamental analysis in managing client accounts by attempting to identify discrepancies between current market prices and their estimate of fundamental value. | Trading-Equity | 2003-12-30 |
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UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC
UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC Investment ManagersFinance UBS AM offers Equities, Fixed Income, Indexing, and Investment Solutions businesses. The firm provides active investment strategies to their clients and principally employs fundamental analysis in managing client accounts by attempting to identify discrepancies between current market prices and their estimate of fundamental value. | Finance |
Columbia Management Advisors, Inc.
Columbia Management Advisors, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance Columbia Management Advisors invests in the US public equity and debt markets. They focus on growth and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, and large-cap companies selected on the basis of a top-down approach and thematic and fundamental analysis with a bottom-up stock picking approach to create their equity portfolio mix. The firm benchmarks the performance of its equity portfolios against the S&P 500 Index. Columbia Management Advisors invests in short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term high-quality debt instruments including treasuries, mortgage-backed securities, municipal bonds, agency bonds and asset backed securities to create their debt portfolio mix. The firm uses a combination of their equity and debt strategies to manage balanced portfolios and benchmarks performance against the S&P 500 Index and Lehman Aggregate Index. Though not limited by sector, the firm tends to invests in the stocks of large-cap companies in the technology, energy minerals and consumer non-durables sectors. They maintain a low turnover rate. | Finance |
BlackRock Capital Investment Corp
BlackRock Capital Investment Corp Investment ManagersFinance Operates as a closed-end management investment company | Finance |
University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund Inc.
BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust | Miscellaneous |
Good Shepherd Services (New York)
Good Shepherd Services (New York) Services to the Health IndustryHealth Services Provides youth development, education and family service agency | Health Services |
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.
BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance BFM utilizes fixed-income strategies that are actively managed, model or index based. The firm generally employs an active investment style that emphasizes rotation among different types of debt on a relative value basis, specific security selection, quantitative analysis of each security and the portfolio as a whole and intensive credit analysis and review. They utilize a risk-controlled, systematic process for portfolio construction and alpha generation. | Finance |
BlackRock Fund Advisors
BlackRock Fund Advisors Investment ManagersFinance BFA uses various investment strategies and methods of analysis implemented by BlackRock’s Investment Group. The firm utilizes fixed-income strategies that are actively managed, model or index based. Their equity platform includes a broad range of products that vary according to investment style, market-cap, and geography. For cash management portfolios, the investment process emphasizes safety and liquidity over yield. Their alternative mandates focus on sourcing and managing high-alpha investments with lower correlation to public markets and developing a holistic approach to address client needs in alternatives investing. They also have Multi-Asset and Index mandates. | Finance |
BlackRock Alternative Investors
BlackRock Alternative Investors Financial ConglomeratesFinance Provides investment services | Finance |
BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors LLC
BlackRock Capital Investment Advisors LLC Investment ManagersFinance BCIA focuses on credit, private equity and secondaries opportunities. The firm utilizes various investment strategies and methods of analysis implemented by their investment committee. | Finance |
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