BlackRock awarded CEO Larry Fink a $27.7 million pay package last year as the firm’s assets under management surpassed $6 trillion, driven by investors continuing to move money into passively managed funds.

The compensation included a $900,000 salary, $10 million cash bonus and $16.6 million of equity awards, according to a regulatory filing Friday. Fink, 65, also got about $243,000 in other compensation.
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