BlackRock(BLK) expects that extra 6% cash to be utilized for buybacks and raising dividends.
BlackRock ( BLK) knows a thing or two about income investing and not just because it yields 3% right now.
Such a move could only bring MSCI closer to BlackRock ( BLK) and iShares, which accounted for 8.1% of MSCI revenue in 2011.
According to a survey of 1, 117 clients of BlackRock ( BLK), nearly 40% of institutional investors are now using ETFs for core allocations, particularly in U.S. domestic and international equity.
BlackRock ( BLK), owner of iShares, and StateStreet ( STT), which manages the SPDRs, are the two largest ETF managers, followed by The Vanguard Group, which is mutually owned by its funds.
Indeed, some savvy investment pros and large institutional investors have already discovered Navigant and have bought shares, including Wanger Asset Management, which has accumulated a 12.5% stake, BlackRock (BLK) which owns 7.95, and Security Investors with 7.2%.
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BlackRock (BLK) has a good-looking chart.
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Morgan Chase (JPM), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), and BlackRock Group (BLK).
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Rowe Price (TROW) holds 6%, and BlackRock Institutional Trust (BLK) has 3.65%.
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Despite this criticism, I remain a deep believer in ETFs: ETF providers such as Vanguard and Blackrock (NYSE:BLK) greatly benefited retail investors by giving them access to most asset classes at almost no cost.
Fleming, a Merrill veteran who helped negotiate the firm's half-interest in mutual fund giant BlackRock (nyse: BLK - news - people ).
Of course there are heavyweight worriers like Lawrence Fink, chairman of BlackRock (nyse: BLK - news - people ), a major investment management concern.
The hedge funds, which include BlackRock (nyse: BLK - news - people ), Highland Capital Management and Murray Capital Management, want the deal rescinded.
The hedge funds, which include BlackRock (nyse: BLK - news - people ), Highland Capital Partners and Murray Capital Management, want the deal rescinded.
Laurence Fink, chief executive of investment management firm BlackRock (nyse: BLK - news - people ), had been seen as the leading contender for the Merrill job.
Looking to shore up confidence, the pool's directors hired fixed-income giant BlackRock (nyse: BLK - news - people ) to analyze the troubled fund and take over management for a 90-day period.
Merrill was also mulling the sale of a piece of investment manager BlackRock (nyse: BLK - news - people ), in which it owns a 49.0% share, but no deal appears imminent.
BlackRock (nyse: BLK - news - people ) Chief Executive Laurence Fink would be a good get, except he seems destined for the top job at Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ), taking him off the market.
He also likes Merrill Lynch (nyse: MER - news - people ), thanks to its army of retail brokers and its stakes in investment manager BlackRock (nyse: BLK - news - people ) and in Bloomberg, the financial information giant.
Among the names floating about in recent days is Laurence Fink, head of the investment management firm BlackRock (nyse: BLK - news - people ), which took over Merrill Lynch Investment Management earlier this year in return for giving Merrill a 49% stake.
BlackRock 's (nyse: BLK - news - people ) Total Return fund returned 1.43% for the year through May 15, putting it in the bottom 18% of like funds.
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