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Ex-Merrill Banker Headinh Chinese Nuclear Fund

Posted on: July 6th, 2009

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Wilson Feng, a former senior banker for Merrill Lynch, has been picked to run China's newly established $1.46 billion nuclear investment fund, two sources briefed on Feng's new j...


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Merrill’s Media PE Chief Joins Stifel

Posted on: June 26th, 2009

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. has named Victor Nesi as director of investment banking and co-director of capital markets. He was previously with Merrill Lynch, as head of the firm's global private equity...


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Jim Lilly Joins Cowen Group from Merrill Lynch

Posted on: June 25th, 2009

Jim Lilly has joined Cowen Group Inc. as a managing director, with responsibility for leading the firm's healthcare services I-banking practice. He previously was a managing director in Merrill Lynch'...


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Wall Street’s Oldest Fund Placement Biz To Close

Posted on: June 24th, 2009

Bank of America has decided to discontinue the fund placement business it acquired via the Merrill Lynch merger. A source familiar with the situation tells me that the Merrill team is currently helpin...


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JPMorgan Hires Ex-Merrill Exec as M&A Vice Chair

Posted on: June 18th, 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) has hired William Rifkin, former chairman of global mergers and acquisitions at Merrill Lynch, as vice chairman of M&A, the bank said on Thursd...


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Former Merrill Pro Wigley Joins Advent International

Posted on: June 8th, 2009

Bob Wigley has joined Advent International as an operating partner, with a focus on financial services opportunities in Europe. He had spent the past decade with Merrill Lynch, most recently as head o...


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Merrill Loses China I-Banking Chief

Posted on: May 8th, 2009

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch China Investment Banking Chairman Margaret Ren, a star China banker and relative of China's former premier, has left the bank, sources close to the matter said on F...


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Merrill Lynch Closes Japan PE Office

Posted on: April 7th, 2009

HONG KONG/TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of America's (BAC.N) Merrill Lynch has recently closed the Tokyo office of Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity (MLGPE), a major international investment arm of the U.S...


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Apollo & Blackstone Circle Merrill Fund

Posted on: March 26th, 2009

The Merrill Lynch Asia Real Estate Opportunity Fund, the bank's largest sponsored fund, with US$2.65bn invested, is in play. Private equity firms Apollo Management and Blackstone Group have held discu...


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WSJ: US Gov’t Pushed BoA To Complete Merrill Buy

Posted on: February 5th, 2009

NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Federal officials pushed Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) hard to complete its acquisition of Merrill Lynch even as credit losses mounted at the troubled investment bank, the W...


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FT: Merrill Paid Early Bonuses

Posted on: January 22nd, 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch paid billions of dollars of bonuses to its employees, three days before completing its life-saving sale to Bank of America Corp (BAC.N), the Financial Times reported...


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Ex-Merrill Asia Banking Chief Launching PE Fund

Posted on: January 14th, 2009

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch's former Asia investment banking head is starting his own private equity fund, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, but will continue to serve as an...


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Merrill’s Thain Seeks $10 Million Bonus

Posted on: December 8th, 2008

(Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co Chief Executive John Thain has suggested to directors that he get a 2008 bonus of as much as $10 million, but the battered company's compensation committee is resist...


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Sovereign Wealth Funds Feeling Cheated By U.S., Panelists Say

Posted on: November 11th, 2008

And it’s probably true. After losing an estimated 18% to 25% this year, with much of it in U.S. investments, they’re not exactly rushing to write any more checks for us. According to panelists ...


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Merrill Loses Head of Asia I-Banking

Posted on: November 11th, 2008

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch's (MER.N) head of investment banking for all of Asia, Damian Chunilal, has left the firm, a memo obtained by Reuters said on Tuesday, the second top level shake-up ...


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Merrill Lynch Raises $2.65B Asia Real Estate Fund

Posted on: October 14th, 2008

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch has raised US$2.65bn to invest in Asian real estate at a time when several funds are hoping to snap up bargain assets as the region's property markets fall. The ...


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Thain To Head I-Banking at BoA

Posted on: October 2nd, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Thain, chief executive of Merrill Lynch, will become president of global banking, securities and wealth management when Bank of America buys Merrill next year. In a statem...


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BoA & Merrill Urge Shareholder Approval of Merger

Posted on: October 2nd, 2008

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The boards of Bank of America (BAC.N) and Merrill Lynch & Co (MER.N) Inc are asking shareholders to approve the commercial bank's buyout of the investment bank. According t...


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Get Ready For 8% Default Rates And Other Lending Fun

Posted on: September 30th, 2008

That’s what S&P’s Steven Miller is predicting for 2009. He said the rates could probably increase to 5% by the year’s end and climb up to 6% or 8% next year. “I think the economy is going ...
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