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The Motley Fool
June 30, 2008
Alex Dumortier |
Merrill Apes Goldman ... Again Merrill Lynch will create a senior executive role responsible for all European businesses in a move that mimics Goldman Sachs' hierarchy.   |
BusinessWeek
November 26, 2007
Mara Der Hovanesian |
Why Not Larry Fink Laurence D. Fink foresaw the mortgage crisis and was a contender to succeed Stan O'Neal. Then Merrill passed him over. |
Registered Rep.
November 15, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
Merrill Stops Squirming, Reps Have Mixed Reviews Previously, Merrill Lynch chiefs have usually been plucked from in house, and were former brokers, convivial and backslapping. By contrast, recently hired CEO John Thain is considered cerebral and not charismatic. |
Registered Rep.
November 14, 2007
John Churchill |
NYSE's John Thain New Merrill CEO According to reports in the online versions of the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal, NYSE Euronext CEO John Thain has accepted the top spot at Merrill Lynch. |
BusinessWeek
November 26, 2007
Goldstein & Thornton |
He Fixed the NYSE. Can He Fix Merrill? John Thain won kudos for turning around the Big Board. Now he faces a bigger challenge cleaning up the subprime mess at Merrill Lynch. |
Registered Rep.
December 4, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
Thain Recruits Colleagues in First Week at Merrill John Thain wasted no time during his first week on the job as the new head of Merrill Lynch. |
Registered Rep.
February 10, 2009 |
In First Media Interview, McCann Says Resignation Was At A "Logical Time" In his first interview since leaving Merrill Lynch, Robert J. McCann says he maintains good feelings for both Merrill Lynch and the timing of his departure. |
Registered Rep.
November 5, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
Fink offered O'Neal's post The Board of Directors of Merrill Lynch has offered the position of CEO and Chairman to BlackRock's Chairman and founder Larry Fink, according to CNBC. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2003 |
Merrill CEO: We're Hiring Stan O'Neal, chairman and chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch, says the company is accelerating its hiring of financial advisors. |
Registered Rep.
October 2, 2008 |
Thain Gets a Job at Bank of America Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain has accepted an offer to be president of Global Banking, Securities and Wealth Management at Bank of America. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2008
Matt Koppenheffer |
Why Would Anyone Be Bullish on Merrill? After dropping 50% from its 52-week high, will Merrill Lynch be able to continue as a going concern? |
Registered Rep.
September 5, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
While O'Neal Speaks, Rumors Fly Merrill Lynch President Stan O'Neal spoke at his firm's financial services conference about the erosion of investor confidence and restoring investor trust. But the buzz was all about a report in a German newspaper that UBS AG had made an offer for Merrill. |
Registered Rep.
June 11, 2008 |
Thain + You, Sittin' in A Tree Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain heaps praise upon the wealth management division during an interview. |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Maybe a Bull Case for Merrill Lynch This large broker-dealer is doing well, but further operating improvements could make it a bargain for investors. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Quick Take: Is It Goodbye to Stan? Rumors are raging that Merrill's CEO will be ousted. So why would Stan get the boot? Well, the most obvious reason would be the massive losses that Merrill racked up in its third quarter. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2006 |
Merrill Eyeing Banking for Small Business Merrill Lynch CEO Stanley O'Neal says the firm could purchase a consumer bank as part of a strategy to make his firm's retail brokerage operation more attractive to small business clients. |
Registered Rep.
January 22, 2009 |
Thain Departs BofA--An $87,000 Rug? Say It Ain't So, John! Client AUMs Fall By 30 Percent In 2008 John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch and the man who engineered the sales of the storied Wall Street firm to Bank of America in September, is leaving the combined firm immediately. |
Registered Rep.
October 26, 2007
David Geracioti |
O'Neal Rumored To Be On the Chopping Block Apparently Merrill Lynch has been gorging itself on risk. And, it may cost CEO Stan O'Neal his job. Merrill's shares are down by about 35% this year. |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2007
Matthew Goldstein |
Why Merrill Got Burned So Badly Its leadership role in underwriting risky CDOs brought in millions in fees but put Merrill Lynch in the subprime bull's-eye. |
Registered Rep.
October 24, 2007
John Churchill |
Merrill Earnings Ugly, But Brokerage Is The Sweet Spot Stan O'Neal opened Merrill Lynch's earnings call by not beating around the bush: The firm had a net loss of $2.3 billion, due largely in part from $7.9 billion in write-downs related to exposure to sub-prime mortgages and collateralized debt obligations. |
The Motley Fool
October 25, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
A Major Stumble at Merrill Lynch In quarterly results Merrill Lynch announces its writedown will be $7.9 billion, almost twice as much as announced just last month. |
Registered Rep.
June 21, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Merrill Eyeing Overseas Wealthy, Banking for Small Business Merrill Lynch, on the prowl for strategic acquisitions, may look overseas for its next purchase in an effort to bolster its wealth-management business. |
Registered Rep.
January 26, 2009
John Aidan Byrne |
New Head, But Same Old Mission For Merrill's Retail Bank of America has named general counsel Brian Moynihan, an executive well versed in legal and business principles, to replace John Thain. |
Registered Rep.
June 6, 2005
Kristen French |
Gorman's New Job at Merrill: Demotion or Promotion? The leadership change was welcomed by brokers but is unlikely to shake things up at the brokerage unit. |
Registered Rep.
April 27, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Merrill Lynch Names Thiel to Run U.S. Brokerage Thiel, 50, will replace Lyle LaMothe. LaMothe, also 50, said on March 4 that he would retire as head of Merrill Lynch U.S. Wealth Management. |
Registered Rep.
September 15, 2008
Kristen French |
Merrill Lynch Sells Itself To Bank of America: Update 3 The biggest question, now that BofA has agreed to buy Merrill Lynch, is what Bank of America will do to hold onto Merrill Lynch's dearest asset -- its approximately 17,000 financial advisors. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2009
Morgan Housel |
Here Comes the Pain for Thain Just days after resigning from Bank of America, former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain has been subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General regarding $4 billion in bonuses paid just days before merging with B of A. |
Registered Rep.
June 10, 2005
Kristen French |
On the (Acquisition) Warpath Merrill Lynch is hungry to buy companies. |
Registered Rep.
October 2, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Merrill Hands Over Mutual Fund Reins to BlackRock BlackRock, the nation's third-largest bond fund manager, said it has completed its takeover of the asset-management arm of Merrill Lynch; the union is one of the world's largest asset managers. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2007
Christina Mucciolo |
O'Neal Gone: Reps Apathetic, Analysts Say Get Back To Basics If you work at Merrill, enjoy the cloak-and-dagger board room fight. In reality, things aren't so bad. The bottom line: Merrill ought to stick to what it is good at -- retail brokerage. |
Registered Rep.
March 16, 2012
Kristen French |
Due Diligence: Merrill Cost-Cutting Centers on Client Segmentation, Less Bureacracy Merrill Lynch financial advisors can expect Bank of America cost-cutting to take the form of greater client segmentation and reduced bureaucracy, said John Thiel of Merrill Lynch |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
Dissecting Merrill's Earnings A second look at the bumper earnings from Merrill Lynch. Investors, take note. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Merrill Takes it To the Bank One of Merrill Lynch's major initiatives in the coming year will be to continue to attract clients to the firm's expanded banking service, known as Beyond Banking. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2004
David A. Geracioti |
Merrill Names Dallas Private Banking Head Mark Casey was moved to Merrill Lynch's new Private Banking and Investment Group office in Dallas, where he will oversee the so-called "Texas region" of that group. |
Registered Rep.
August 4, 2009
French & Churchill |
Dan Sontag Departs Merrill Lynch Much beloved by Merrill financial advisors, Dan Sontag is stepping down as head of Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management. |
CFO
December 1, 2007
Kate Plourd |
The Downside of Risk Merrill Lynch didn't take CFO Jeff Edwards up on his offer to resign after the company's huge subprime hit, but he could hardly be on a slipperier slope. |
Registered Rep.
March 12, 2004
John Churchill |
Merrill Rewards CEO for Record Profits According to the company's 2004 proxy statement, O'Neal's massive compensation is due to the company's superior performance in 2003. Merrill tallied $4 billion in profits and improved revenue during tough market conditions. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Merrill Lynch: Still Wirehouse Queen Merrill reps like what they see. This year, the firm kept top honors among wirehouses in the Broker Report Card surveys, and beat its own overall score from last year. |
Registered Rep.
September 25, 2002
Rick Weinberg |
NY Attorney General: I Could Have Nailed Merrill on More Serious Charges Eliot Spitzer said he could have pursued criminal charges against Merrill Lynch for its conflicts of interest in its research, but that he didn't want to "destroy" the firm or Wall Street. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Got Conflicts? A new business model seems to be gaining popularity: retail brokerages spinning off their asset-management businesses but retaining a minority stake. |
The Motley Fool
December 26, 2007
Matt Koppenheffer |
The Merrill Makeover Merrill's new CEO isn't wasting any time trying to whip the company into shape. |
Registered Rep.
October 8, 2009 |
UBS Hires Bob McCann UBS has hired former Merrill Lynch executive Bob McCann to run its wealth management division in the Americas. |
Registered Rep.
January 6, 2009 |
Merrill's McCann Clashed With Thain Bob McCann, a popular Merrill veteran who led the firm's 16,850-person "thundering herd" of brokers, has resigned. |
Registered Rep.
June 6, 2006
Halah Touryalai |
End of Settlement Talks Bring Students to Protest Against Merrill Lynch African-American college students protested in front of several Chicago-based Merrill Lynch offices one day after settlement talks between African-American reps who claim they were discriminated against and Merrill Lynch came to an end. |
Registered Rep.
February 16, 2012
Kristen French |
Due Diligence: LaMothe Takes Swipe at BofA, Does 180 on Value of Bank-Brokerage Tie Ups Lyle LaMothe, former head of retail brokerage Merrill Lynch, claims that Merrill advisors are leaving the firm because they are being pushed to sell the whole bank instead of focus on wealth management and what's best for their clients. |
Registered Rep.
October 30, 2007
David Geracioti |
A Nice Retirement? Could Have Been Better Stan O'Neal, the recently "retired" CEO of Merrill Lynch, didn't receive his anticipated $29.5 million severance package, but he may still may be laughing his way to the bank -- and his next position. |
Registered Rep.
February 13, 2006
Kristen French |
Merrill, BlackRock Deal Near Merrill Lynch is close to doing what Morgan Stanley could not: acquire a large stake in BlackRock, the stellar bond funds house, in a deal that would create a $1 trillion money manager. |
BusinessWeek
March 3, 2011
Farzad & Son |
The Bull Whisperer Sallie Krawcheck, chief of the wealth management unit at Bank of America, needs her Merrill Lynch brokers to drive profit to other divisions. And Merrill's "Thundering Herd" is snorting mad about it |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 26, 2009
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Brian Moynihan Named Bank of America's President of Global Banking and Global Wealth and Investment Management Moynihan, who has been General Counsel of Bank of America, replaces John Thain, who is leaving the firm. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2008
Morgan Housel |
Can Merrill Lynch Trust John Thain? He might not be consistent, but he's still a heck of a CEO. |
