Blackrock (BLK) will increase its quarterly dividend by 14.9 percent to $1.93 per share in 2014. This follows a 12.0 percent dividend increase from $1.50 to $1.68 per share by the ETF-provider last year.
BlackRock, Inc. provides investment management, risk management and advisory services for institutional and retail clients. Its products include iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The company also offers its Aladdin investment system, as well as risk management, outsourcing, advisory and technology services, to institutional investors and wealth management intermediaries under the BlackRock Solutions name. The company went public in 1999 and has paid a dividend every year since 2003.