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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.A few months later, Merrill's friend, Edmund C. Lynch, joined him, and in 1915 the name was officially changed to Merrill, Lynch & Co.
Launched on June 21, 2010, [3] Merrill Edge is a "a no-frills brokerage unit" of parent company Bank of America's retail banking division. [4] Created after Merrill Lynch became a subsidiary of Bank of America in 2008, it contains the Merrill Lynch name and its employees are included in Merrill Lynch's number of employees. [5]
In 1996, Lynch founded Autonomy, a search software company, with David Tabizel and Richard Gaunt. [9] With Lynch as chief executive officer (CEO), Autonomy became one of the UK's top 100 public companies, and a leading company in Silicon Fen. [12] [4] Lynch was described in the press as the British equivalent of the American businessman Bill Gates.
Bank of America began rebranding all of its corporate and investment banking activities under the Bank of America Merrill Lynch name in September 2009. [3] Bank of America Merrill Lynch branding was used from 2009 to 2019. In April 2011, Bank of America Merrill Lynch integrated its corporate and investment banking operations into a single ...
Edmund C. Lynch gained special notoriety when he foresaw the impending Wall Street crash of 1929, and advised Merrill Lynch's clients to sell many of their stock holdings in 1928. [3] As many Americans were enjoying the soaring stock market in 1928, Lynch was convinced a disaster was near. His famous letter to all of Merrill Lynch's clients warned:
He was named CEO of Merrill Lynch after its sale to BofA in September 2008 and became the CEO of Bank of America after Ken Lewis stepped down in 2010. [ 13 ] On August 25, 2011, CNBC's Drew Sandholm noted that "[d]espite having recently told investors Bank of America ... doesn't need to raise capital, CEO Brian Moynihan will accept $5 billion ...
acquired by White Weld & Co in 1974 and ultimately part of Merrill Lynch: Giuliani Capital Advisors: the investment banking division of Giuliani Partners was sold to Macquarie Group in 2007 Goodbody & Co. merged into Merrill Lynch in 1970 Gruntal & Co. acquired by Ryan Beck & Co. in 2002 H.B. Hollins & Co. liquidated in 1913 Halsey, Stuart & Co.
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