BlackRock Assets Rise as Push Into Index Funds Continues
Asset manager increases quarterly dividend by 9%, ups buyback program
Assets at BlackRock Inc., the world’s largest money manager, continued to grow in its fourth quarter as investors diverted money into lower-cost index-tracking funds and withdrew from actively-traded ones.
BlackRock said Friday that assets under management rose 11% to $5.15 trillion from a year ago.
Revenue for the New York-based...