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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. 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.
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.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2005 Kristen French	Next Year's Model If the one-stop shop is out, what new formula will take its place? In many ways, the Citi/Legg Mason swap looks like an ideal prototype. The thing is, a swap like that is not likely to be repeated.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 Tom Taulli	BlackRock Sees Green in Hedge Funds BlackRock is ramping up its alternative investment business. The company will purchase the fund-of-hedge-funds business of Quellos Group for $1.7 billion.
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.
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. February 15, 2006 Kevin Burke	What the BlackRock/Merrill Deal Means to Advisors The deal marks the biggest asset-management merger in history and has far-reaching implications for rank-and-file reps as well as the financial-services industry at large.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2005 Tom Taulli	Legg Mason's Big Swap With two transactions last week, the firm transformed itself into a pure-play money manager. For stockholders, it probably makes sense to wait before jumping into Legg Mason stock.
BusinessWeek August 4, 2003 Mara Der Hovanesian	Quick! Follow That Money Manager The stock market rally has turned them into hot quarries
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Chris O'Leary	Break a Legg With Mason approaching retirement age (he is 68 and has not talked about retiring), and with the company frustrated in its efforts to find suitable acquisitions to keep growing, Legg has become an oft-rumored takeover target.
BusinessWeek November 26, 2007 Maria Bartiromo	John Thain on His New Job as CEO of Merrill Lynch John Thain talks about his appointment as CEO of Merrill Lynch.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Michael Leibert	Previewing 2007: BlackRock Investors might find BlackRock to be a disappointing investment next year after the firm delivered such a healthy 35% total return year to date.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Hired and Fired Up The biggest brokerage businesses are showing that even in a modest market upswing they now have in place a strategy for delivering stronger and steadier sales and earnings growth.
BusinessWeek June 28, 2004 Emily Thornton	Mutual Funds: The Cost Of Full Disclosure With Securities & Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson pushing for new rules aimed at providing greater safeguards for mutual-fund investors, brokerages worry that implementing them will cost billions of dollars.
Registered Rep. July 26, 2006 Kevin Burke	Asset-Management Deals Set Record Pace There was an unprecedented 89 deals for fund-management firms in the first half of 2006. Buyers spent at least $13.5 billion in disclosed and estimated dollars, almost as much as the total spent all last year, for nearly $1 trillion in assets.
Registered Rep. January 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Balancing Act Part of the fallout from the regulatory onslaught of the past three years has been a drastic overhaul in how mutual funds are sold. Heading into 2006, the money-management business is entering a new era of price competition and consolidation.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2006 Stephen Ellis	A Value Opportunity at a Value Manager With prices and expectations lowered, Legg Mason now has a low bar to beat. Mr. Market has given us a gift in the form of a cheap, top-quality asset manager.
BusinessWeek September 2, 2010 Moore & Mildenberg	In the Battle of the Big Brokers, Merrill Is Winning Merrill Lynch earns higher profits with fewer advisers, thanks to a smooth integration with Bank of America and more cross-selling.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2007	Hot Potato: Asset Manager Deal Boom Last year was a blockbuster for merger-and-acquisition activity in the asset-management sector -- buyers spent nearly $44 billion to purchase 191 firms managing more than $2.6 trillion, according to a recent research report.
Registered Rep. July 1, 2004 Will Leitch	The End of the World as We Know It? Is the traditional model for securities houses --- investment banking, research, asset management, retail brokerage all coexisting under one roof --- more trouble than it's worth?
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.
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.
Bank Systems & Technology October 29, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	With Mergers Complete, Banks Turn to Integration Planning The three U.S banks that acquired major institutions in the latest unfolding of the credit crisis said through spokespeople that it's too early to comment on their technical integration plans.
Registered Rep. September 18, 2006 Kevin Burke	Sun Life Attracts Suitors in Effort to Unload MFS MFS Investment Management, long rumored to be on the auction block due to lagging profit margins, middling performance and increasing regulatory demands, could be mere days away from a blockbuster merger with another large asset-management firm.
Registered Rep. April 15, 2011 Kristen French	Merrill Earnings Strongest Since Bank of America Takeover Bank of America's Global Wealth and Investment Management division, which includes Merrill Lynch, reported its highest earnings since Bank of America's takeover of Merrill in late 2008, as asset management and brokerage fees rose.
Registered Rep. June 10, 2005 Kristen French	On the (Acquisition) Warpath Merrill Lynch is hungry to buy companies.
U.S. Banker March 2002 John Hackett	Bottom Falls Out Investment bankers had to find other things to keep them busy in the second half of the year, as the bank and thrift M&A market virtually collapsed...
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.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Brokerages Misbehaving The SEC has gotten an earful about brokerages upsetting customers. Investors, the more you know about the stock market and how brokerages and brokers work, the better off you'll likely be.
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. July 20, 2005 John Churchill	Wall Street's Second-Quarter Results: It Could Have Been Worse The big financial services players have released their second-quarter earnings, and most private client divisions didn't do as badly as analysts were expecting -- thanks, in part, to an improving equity market. Charles Schwab... Merrill Lynch... etc.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Merrill Brings Home the Bacon The firm's solid third-quarter performance comes as no surprise to investors.
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. 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 July 4, 2005 Aaron Pressman	BlackRock Breaks Out Of Its Bonds BlackRock is one of the largest bond-fund managers in the world. It diversified into equities by buying State Street Research & Management from MetLife, but investors may still turn against BlackRock's stock if market for bonds heads south.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2006 Michael Leibert	Previewing 2007: Federated Investors Federated Investors is not like most asset managers, and there are a couple of reasons why this adviser's outlook is largely positive, regardless of how the market might behave.
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.
Investment Advisor October 2008 James J. Green	Wall Street Stunned Wall Street is not what it used to be, for good or ill. Culminating a months-long period of market volatility and uncertainty two marquee names in financial services ceased to exist.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Boring Can Be Lucrative at Mellon Financial Mellon has good market share in good businesses, but the valuation seems to reflect that.
Registered Rep. July 21, 2005 Kristen French	On the Gossip Trail: Mack to Replace Schaefer--But With Whom? When Morgan Stanley announced that the head of its struggling retail brokerage unit was stepping down, Wall Street immediately began speculating about who will be chosen as his successor -- and what that successor might augur for the retail brokerage.
The Motley Fool May 22, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	The New Legg Mason Stumbles The new Citigroup assets will take time to digest, but they should pay off over time. Investors, take note.
Registered Rep. January 23, 2006 Kristen French	Morgan and BlackRock: Another Asset Swap? Rumors swirled late Friday and Monday that Morgan Stanley, the struggling Wall Street powerbroker, was looking to takeover BlackRock, the successful institutional money manager.
Registered Rep. March 12, 2003 Ross Tucker	The "Beginning of the End" for Traditional Retail Brokerage According to a report from Celent Communications, the effects of prolonged market difficulties and last year's Wall Street scandals are forcing a transformation of traditional retail brokerage firms.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2004 Nathan Slaughter	Legg Mason Falls Short The money manager Legg Mason posts strong earnings, but it misses high expectations.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Not Much Lovin' for Lehman Investment bank stocks are often proxies for the market; that's not so good right now. Even with the steep declines in May, Lehman doesn't look like a tremendous bargain for investors.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2006 Alex Dumortier	Merrill's Bull Stampeding Nearly all of Merrill's business lines showed strength and the firm seems to have navigated smoothly through a choppy market. That ought to keep investors running with this bull for now.
Investment Advisor November 2006	Still Getting It Done Wirehouses seem to be thriving in their retail businesses by using innovative strategies and very sophisticated products to solve problems for the wealthy.... Unsatisfied Women...
Registered Rep. June 1, 2005 Kristen French	Star Wars Recruiting competition between the top brokerage firms is fiercer than ever, and Morgan Stanley is currently wielding one of the most powerful deals on Wall Street.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2005 Christopher O'Leary	It's in the Bank Wirehouse veterans who have switched to bank brokerages say Wall Street's perception of bank brokerages is stuck in the past, and that the best bank brokerages have become much more competitive in terms of production, assets and compensation.