Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. , ordinarily known as Merrill Lynch, is an investment banking and stock brokerage company. When one of the world's fiscal management & consultatory corporations, it has one of a recognizable list in the globe of finance. A company occupies virtually all of the 3Quadruplet stories within 4 World Financial Center.

History
A company was founded in January 7, 1914, when Charles E. Merrill & Co. open for business at 7 Wall Street in New York City. Two or three months late, Merrill's friend, Edmund C. Lynch, joined him & inside 1915 the name was officially changed to Merrill Lynch & Co. In the 1920s the firm's Future York professional was at 120 Broadway, and it likewise experienced agents around Detroit, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles and Dublin.

In todays world, a multinational company operates inside additional than Forty countries in the area of the world, managing client plAmerica in excess of US$1.8 trillion.

Analyst conflict-of-interest cases
The payout reached inside Might 2002 by owning Just released York attorney general Eliot Spitzer imposed a $100 million mulct also as an agreement to sever tons links between analysts' earnings & investment banking revenue. A award was related wrongdoings by stock analyst Henry Blodget. Within December 2002 a company was fined even more, an extra $100 million.

Inside February 2005, Merrill Lynch has been ordered by an arbitration panel of the National Association of Securities Dealers to pay over $1 milliin to Gary & Lisa Friedman on their claim that Merrill Lynch hid conflicts of interest & issued deceitful analyst reports & ratings sequentially to boost a house's investment banking revenue.

Management
Job: title, age, pay CEO: E. Stanley O'Neal, 52, $25.34M CAO: Ahmass Fakahany CFO: Jeffrey N. (Jeff) Edwards

Subsidiaries
Merrill Lynch Europe PLC Merrill Lynch, President pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Merrill Lynch International