Merrill Acquisition Boosts BlackRock's 4Q Earnings

BlackRock announced that its fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled, reaching $169.4 million, fueled principally by its $9.7 billion acquisition of Merrill Lynch’s asset management business.

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Revenue, meanwhile, doubled to $1.02 billion.

“They’re showing they can sell through the potential distractions the integration is creating,” Jeffrey Ptak, an analyst with Morningstar, told Bloomberg.


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