bank of america bought merrill lynch on september 14, 2008.
bank of america bought merrill lynch on september 14, 2008.
when did bank of america buys merrill lynch?
september 14 , 2008
the firm has its origins in merrill lynch & co., inc. which, prior to 2009, was publicly owned and traded on the new york stock exchange under the ticker symbol mer. merrill lynch & co. agreed to be acquired by bank of america on september 14, 2008, at the height of the 2008 financial crisis. the acquisition was completed in january 2009 and merrill lynch & co., inc. was merged into bank of america corporation in october 2013, with certain bank of america subsidiaries continuing to carry the merrill lynch name, including the broker-dealer merrill lynch, pierce, fenner & smith. in 2019, bank of america rebranded the unit to "merrill".
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after merging merrill lynch into its businesses, bank of america continued to operate merrill lynch for its wealth management services and integrated merrill lynch's investment bank into the newly-formed bank of america merrill lynch.









































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section::::regulatory actions.:analyst research settlement.









































in 2002, merrill lynch settled for a fine of $100 million for publishing misleading research. as part of the agreement with the new york attorney general and other state securities regulators, merrill lynch agreed to increase research disclosure and work to decouple research from investment banking.
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