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Unrivaled global connections and expertise.
With operations spanning the globe, we meet our clients’
needs wherever they are in the world. Our approach to the
complex business requirements of global companies is simple:
create a client-centered culture that ensures our advice and
recommendations align with our clients’ strategic business
needs; invest in a global platform that can achieve and maintain
leading positions in M&A advisory, capital raising, fi nancings
of all kinds, debt, equity and commodities sales and trading,
cash management and other major services; and bring together
smart, driven and client-focused professionals to deliver shared
success for our clients and our company. Our client base
includes 98 percent of the U.S. Fortune 1000 and 84 percent
of the Global Fortune 500.
Industry and regional expertise: Our corporate
and investment banking and treasury capabilities,
coupled with industry and regional expertise,
enable us to deliver for corporations and fi nancial
institutions globally. Whether it’s structuring and
underwriting capital-raising transactions, providing
M&A advice, or developing comprehensive treasury
solutions, we provide our clients with integrated fi nancial
products and services built upon an in-depth knowledge
of their company, industry and regions in which
they operate.
Commercial banking: Bank of America Merrill
Lynch is one of the largest commercial banks in
the United States, serving some 30,000 companies
with revenues of $50 million to more than $2 billion. With
offi ces across the United States, we provide clients with
in-depth expertise and a full range of fi nancial solutions,
including credit, treasury, derivatives, capital markets
and retirement services, as well as wealth management
products provided through Merrill Lynch Wealth
Management and U.S. Trust.
Global research: Our award-winning research
expertise is core to the value we offer clients
in Global Wealth and Investment Management,
Global Banking, and Global Markets. Our nearly 700 analysts
provide insightful, objective and decisive research that
helps clients make more informed investment decisions.
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research achieves research
excellence through the quality of its staff and the breadth
and depth of its global resources.
Global distribution: A broad-based team of Global
Markets professionals is at the center of the
world’s debt, equity, currency and commodities
markets, providing liquidity, hedging strategies, industry-
leading insights, analytics and competitive pricing to more
than 12,000 institutional clients on six continents.