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BofA Securities, Inc., [1] previously Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), is an American multinational investment banking division under the auspices of Bank of America. It is not to be confused with Merrill , the stock brokerage and trading platform subsidiary of Bank of America.
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]
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]
On October 3, 2008, Bank of America announced that John Thain would lead the combined Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Global Corporate and Investment Banking enterprise. Thain was forced out by Bank of America Chairman Kenneth D. Lewis on January 22, 2009, because of the colossal losses visited on B of A due to its acquisition of Merrill Lynch ...
Bank of America Private Bank (formerly U.S. Trust) was founded in 1853 as the United States Trust Company of New York. [1] It operated independently until 2000, when it was acquired by Charles Schwab, and Co. [ 2 ] and subsequently sold to, and became a subsidiary of, Bank of America in 2007. [ 3 ]
Bank of America: Merrill Lynch: Bank of America: $50 billion Bank of America: 2008 [2] Wells Fargo: Wachovia: Wells Fargo: $15.1 Billion [40] Wells Fargo: 2008 JPMorgan Chase: Washington Mutual: JPMorgan Chase: $1.9 Billion [41] JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2008 Fifth Third Bank: First Charter Bank: Fifth Third Bank: $1.1 billion [42] Fifth Third Bank ...
The BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Master II Index (H0A0) is a bond index for high-yield corporate bonds. [1] It is administered by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.The Master II is a measure of the broad high yield market, unlike the Merrill Lynch BB/B Index, which excludes lower-rated securities. [2]
On January 16, 2009, Bank of America announced that Merrill suffered an unexpected loss of $15 billion for the fourth quarter of 2008. Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis said that, without $138 billion in government assistance, including the infusion of $20 billion from the federal government, he would have pulled out of the Merrill deal, which had ...