Bank of America Merrill Lynch investment Banking
Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global Banking and Markets franchise is a global powerhouse, providing institutional clients worldwide with access to our leading sales and trading and research franchises, investment banking services, global client relationships and product innovation. Through our platform, Bank of America Merrill Lynch serves institutional, corporate and commercial clients in the U.S. and internationally, with a broad range of products, services and client solutions. As of 2015, our client base includes 96 percent of the U.S. Fortune 1, 000 and 81 percent of the Global Fortune 500.
Global Research
Global investors and asset managers look to BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research for market insight, award-winning research, global trading and financing to achieve their portfolio and firm goals. As one of the most respected research organizations in the world, we offer clients access to the highest quality investment ideas, with more than 700 analysts in more than 20 countries in 2015, focusing on these six primary disciplines:
• Global Equities
• Global Equity Strategy
• Global Credit Research and GEM Fixed Income Strategy
• Global Economics
• Global Commodities
• Global Rates and Currencies
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research offers timely trading strategies, market insight and execution across all asset classes, including equities, fixed income, rates, currencies and commodities. Analysts offer insights and recommendations on more than 3, 300 stocks and 1, 250 corporate bond issuers. Our economists and strategists provide recommendations on more than 50 currencies, 60 economies and 35 commodities. BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research provides a world-class index platform with more than 5, 000 fixed income bond indices, 50 investable commodity indices as well as multi-asset indices.
Global Markets
A broad-based team of Global Markets professionals are at the center of the world’s debt and equity markets, providing liquidity, hedging strategies, industry-leading insights, analytics and competitive pricing to more than 9, 000 institutional clients on six continents.
Global Capital Markets and Global Corporate & Investment Banking
Global Capital Markets and Global Corporate & Investment Banking (GCIB) structure and underwrite capital raising transactions in the equity and debt capital markets on behalf of issuer clients globally. GCIB also provides large domestic and global corporations and financial institutions with merger and acquisition (M&A) financial advisory services and execution in markets worldwide.
With global market leadership in equity and equity-linked, investment grade, leveraged finance, debt advisory services and rates, and currencies origination, the group routinely helps companies raise capital, enabling them to grow their businesses and achieve their goals.
Our Focus Moving Forward
At Bank of America Merrill Lynch, we’re positioned to strengthen relationships with our clients across our Global Banking and Markets divisions. The breadth and power of our platform enables us to serve investors, asset managers, and institutional clients globally.
Increasingly, we are helping clients do business in emerging markets, such as China, Brazil and Russia, which are transforming into growth markets and represent some of the greatest opportunities going forward. As more of our clients expand their international presence, we strive to offer the right infrastructure and systems to help them navigate often complex market conditions.
We are building long-standing relationships focused on understanding clients’ strategic needs—creating opportunities and solutions by delivering our full range of investment banking and asset management products and services.
