BlackRock(BLK) expects that extra 6% cash to be utilized for buybacks and raising dividends.
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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Such a move could only bring MSCI closer to BlackRock ( BLK) and iShares, which accounted for 8.1% of MSCI revenue in 2011.
The firm generates cash to cover obligations 17 times over, a fact that gives BLK the wherewithal for a dividend hike in the near-term.
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BlackRock (nyse: BLK - news - people ), Highland Capital Management and Murray Capital Management, want the deal rescinded.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include BlackRock (nyse: BLK - news - people ), Highland Capital Partners and Murray Capital Management, want the deal rescinded.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.
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 '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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This article is by Peter Sims, author of Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries, coauthor with Bill George of True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership, and founder of The BLK SHP Enterprises, Inc.
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BlackRock (BLK) has a good-looking chart.
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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.
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