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BlackRock's profit hit by lower fees for lending stocks

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BlackRock Inc , the world's largest asset manager, on Friday reported a 6.5per cent drop in second-quarter profit, as investment advisory and ...

REUTERS: BlackRock Inc , the world's largest asset manager, took in less cash last quarter as investors moved into lower-cost bond funds, and it made less money lending out stocks.

The decline in fees for lending out stocks resulted from reduced demand by borrowers, typically hedge funds that want to"short" them, selling the stocks and hoping to buy them back later at a lower cost.

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