Larry Fink says BlackRock 'isn't perfect.' These new incentives could help
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The world's largest asset manager could soon be paying less to borrow money if it meets diversity goals and boosts its sustainable investing.
BlackRock has for the first time linked the cost of tapping bank lending to three metrics: how many women are in senior roles, Black and Latino employment, and how much it invests in assets that benefit society and the environment. The interest rate and fee that BlackRock pays lenders on any amounts it draws from its primary credit facility, worth $4.4 billion, will rise or fall annually from 2022 depending on the number of targets it meets. The Wall Street Journal was first to report the story.
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