世界名牌博覽：美林證券

美林(Merrill Lynch)，(NYSE：MER, TYO: 8675), 世界最著名的證券零售商和投資銀行之一，總部位于美國紐約。作為世界的最大的金融管理咨詢公司之一，它在財務世界響叮當?shù)拿掷镎加幸幌?。該公司在曼哈頓四號世界金融中心大廈占據(jù)了整個34層樓。

Merrill Lynch is now the investment banking and wealth management arm of Bank of America (B of A). It was a publicly owned company before it was bought by B of A in 2009. What had been Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc suffered badly in the 2008 global financial crisis and had to be rescued. The company was founded on Wall Street, New York in 1914 by Charles E. Merrill and Edmund C. Lynch. They made many clever investments to build their reputation as investment bankers. It later expanded into financial services, insurance and investment management. Its 20,000 brokers were so powerful in global finance they became known as the “thundering herd” – a reference to the bull in its logo. The company has 60,000 employees. The ML.com website outlines the firm’s success: “Working with our clients as strategic partners, we create and execute winning solutions.”