Merrill Lynch (now Merrill)
Merrill Lynch is an investing and wealth management firm under the wing (parent organization) of Bank of America. The company was first founded by Charles Merrill in 1914 in New York, New York. Currently the firm has 14, 796 financial advisors with an annual revenues of $15.9 billion. The firm has a variety of divisions:
- Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
- Merrill Private Wealth Management
- Merrill Guided Investing
- Merrill Edge
Merrill started out as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. that traded on the NYSE as MER. Merrill Lynch was acquired by the Bank of America in 2008. Merrill Lynch & Co., merged into the Bank of America Corp in 2013. Some Bank of America subsidiaries carried the Merrill Lynch name (including broker/dealer Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith). The Bank of America re-branded the unit to Merrill in 2019.
Merrill Lynch Financial Advisor, Robert Gerstein, Has Four Customer Complaint Disclosures
By mwolper | Mar 11, 2019
Robert Gerstein is a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch in its New York, NY branch office. Robert Gerstein has been in the securities industry since 1977 and has worked with Merrill Lynch for his entire career. According to publicly available records released by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Robert Gerstein has four (4) customer […] Read More →
INVESTOR ALERT—Merrill Lynch Broker, Hector Gonzalez, Has Pending Customer Complaints, Totaling $16 Million
By mwolper | Aug 13, 2018
The Wolper Law Firm is currently investigating claims against Hector Gonzalez, a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch, who works in Both San Juan, Puerto Rico and Miami, Florida. Hector Gonzalez has been in the securities industry since 2007 and previously worked at UBS Financial Services. According to publicly available records released by the Financial Industry […] Read More →
Attorney Matthew Wolper
Matt Wolper is a trial lawyer who focuses exclusively on securities litigation and arbitration. Mr. Wolper has handled hundreds of securities matters nationwide before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), JAMS, and in state and federal court. Mr. Wolper has handled and tried cases involving complex financial products and strategies ranging from traditional stocks and bonds to options, margin and other securities-based lending products, closed/open-end mutual funds, structured products, hedge funds, and penny stocks.
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