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Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity (MLGPE) was the private equity investment arm of Merrill Lynch, prior to its merger with Bank of America. The MLGPE business was focused on leveraged buyout and growth capital investments across a range of industries. MLGPE was among the most active investment banking sponsored merchant banking programs in ...
BlackRock Greater Europe Investment Trust plc (LSE: BRGE) is a large British investment trust dedicated to small, mid and large-sized European company investments. Established as the Merrill Lynch Greater Europe Investment Trust in June 2004, [2] [3] it adopted the current name in 2008.
In late 2008 and early 2009, prominent scholars such as Alan Blinder, John Coffee, Niall Ferguson, and Joseph Stiglitz explained (1) the old net capital rule limited investment bank leverage (defined as the ratio of debt to equity) to 12 (or 15) to 1 and (2) following the 2004 rule change, which relaxed or eliminated this restriction ...
BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Reports Surge in Investor Confidence on Global Growth Outlook "Great Rotation" Into Equities From Fixed Income Gains Ground NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE ...
The company was founded on January 6, 1914, when Charles E. Merrill opened Charles E. Merrill & Co. for business at 7 Wall Street in New York City. [11] A few months later, Merrill's friend, Edmund C. Lynch, joined him, and in 1915 the name was officially changed to Merrill, Lynch & Co. [12] At that time, the firm's name included a comma between Merrill and Lynch, which was dropped in 1938. [13]
In 2015, the Merrill Lynch Broker-dealer incentive system changed to give brokers no money for managing accounts less than $250,000. [11] In 2014, Merrill Edge referred 30,000 customers to Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust. Converted referrals gave Merrill Lynch an additional $4 billion to manage, which when apportioned among Merrill Lynch's 14,000 ...
In 2003, he became of head the company's global investment banking, and then co-president of the capital markets unit. [14] In those roles, Fleming oversaw the merger of Merrill Lynch Investment Management and BlackRock in 2006. [17] In May 2007, Fleming and Ahmass Fakahany were named co-presidents of Merrill Lynch. [18]
Later that day, Merrill Lynch was sold to Bank of America for 0.8595 share of Bank of America common stock for each Merrill Lynch common share, or about $50 billion or $29 per share. [ 50 ] [ 51 ] This price represented a 70.1% premium over the September 12 closing price or a 38% premium over Merrill's book value of $21 a share, [ 52 ] but also ...