Thursday, August 4, 2016

BlackRock's voting record clashes with CEO's tough talk on buybacks

By Ross Kerber

BOSTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - When Adam Kanzer wanted to stop

the board of 3M Co from including the lucrative impact

of share buybacks in their chief executive's pay, he quoted

Laurence Fink.

Sitting atop the world's largest investment fund manager,

BlackRock Inc, Fink is a vocal critic of companies'

excessive use of share buybacks. The practice is happening at a

rapid clip among S&P 500 companies and according to critics is

helping boost shareholder returns - and bosses' pay

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