Bank of America 1999 Annual Report Download - page 23

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and acquisitions professionals. We are
already among the leaders in a range of
corporate and investment banking
products, including debt and equity
capital raising, principal investing,
foreign exchange, derivatives, trade
services and treasury services.
Our position in the markets speaks
volumes about our capabilities
(see next page).
Our focus benefits clients and
shareholders.
Primary focus on the client and
solutions requires that we align all of
our resources with the client. This focus
and alignment will benefit both clients
and shareholders.
Bank of America has become one
of the leading financial services
competitors due to our leading U.S. client
base, industry expertise, broad range of
products and presence in 37 countries.
The bank’s industry expertise is
broad and deep, covering more than two
dozen industries basic to the U.S. and
global economy, including technology,
aerospace and defense, health care, real
estate, chemicals, entertainment/publish-
ing and media/telecommunications.
Supporting these efforts is a research
team of 125 debt and equity analysts,
many of them nationally recognized.
We continued to enhance our
product capabilities during 1999, with
the addition of top-tier mergers
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Bank of America team serving his compa-
ny: (from left) Chris Crespi, managing
director, Research Technology; Scott
Kovalik, managing director of Listed and
OTC Equity Trading, and Debra Weiss,
managing director, Technology Corporate
Finance. At right is Debra Weiss
and Hubert W. Chang, analyst with
Banc of America Securities. JDS Uniphase
is the leading provider of advanced
fiberoptic components and modules to
telecommunications and cable television
system providers around the world.