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Why the merrill bank of america deal has been a disaster jan. Case study of the bank of america and merrill lynch merger by. Gains strength in wealth management, international and investment banking businesses. This opinion will be unpublished and may not be cited except as provided by minn. Bank of america merrill lynch is the marketing name for the global banking and global markets businesses of bank of america corporation bac. Jun 11, 2009 kenneth lewis, ceo of bank of america, testified about the events surrounding bank of america s acquisition of merrill lynch and its receipt of federal financial assistance. Aug 03, 2009 sec charges bank of america for failing to disclose merrill lynch bonus payments for immediate release 2009177. Theres only one bank in bank of americas heritage that can lay claim to the discovery of a comet, the squelching of a huge fire, the hosting of a great american author and the rise of a fortune on nantucket island. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, it built upon its commercial banking business by establishing merrill lynch for wealth management and bank of. More than 80% of the value of acquisitions of startup space ventures since. Following what was then the largest bank acquisition in history, the bank of america corporation was founded. Bank of america buys merrill lynch creating unique. The acquisition was scheduled to be closed on january 1, 2009. Dec 29, 2010 bank of america and merrill lynch merger house oversight committee 20090711 product 2869651dvd house committee on government reform and oversight.
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Explore and learn more about bank of americas history and heritage that spans. A few months after the shotgun wedding between merrill lynch and bank of america, senior executives reveal a split between ceos john thain and ken lewis. Details of the terms under discussion werent immediately clear but merrills. Sep 14, 20 bank of america and merrill lynch hammered out one of the biggest deals in wall street history in less than 36 hours during the weekend of september th and 14th in 2008. The first nationally licensed credit card program, bankamericard, expanded. Bank of americas generosity allowed merrill to dodge a bullet, as it was just.
As you know, the period encompassing bank of america s decision to acquire merrill lynch. Later that day, merrill lynch was sold to bank of america for 0. This was the single, largest convertible bond issuance in history and required a considerable amount of effort on the part of merrill lynchs equity derivatives group to convince mogens management to choose merrill lynch over. Case study of the bank of america and merrill lynch merger. Lewis has in fact become renowned for large acquisitions and it has. Bank of america takeover to end independent merrill reuters. Details of the terms under discussion werent immediately clear but merrill s. It is not to be confused with merrill, the wealth management division of bank of america. Bank of america is still trying to get its arms around the big acquisitions it did amid the financial crisis.
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