Merrill Lynch

Delivering the Full Spectrum

Merrill Lynch runs one of the premier equity trading, sales and financing operations in the world and is a leader in the origination and distribution of equity and equity-related products.

This leading scale position allows us to help our institutional clients improve their trading and investment performance.

Merrill Lynch ranks among the top equity trading and underwriting firms globally

Our leading full-service cash equities franchise is complemented by world-class electronic execution platforms and sophisticated analytics.

• #1 Ranked – NYSE Listed Trading Firm¹
• #2 Ranked – NYSE Program Trading²
• #1 Ranked – LSE Market Share³

We excel in prime brokerage; transaction and portfolio financing; stock loans; financial futures and options; soft dollars; and clearing and settlement services.

• Top Rated in Global Custodian annual survey⁵ for:

    $1 billion plus  •  Sub $100 million  •  Europe  •  Single strategy

Our industry-leading equity and equity-linked underwriting teams have the experience and expertise to handle the largest and most complex capital raising challenges.

• #1 Ranked – Americas Equity Underwriting⁴
  
  1. Autex (1st Half 2007); 2. NYSE (1st Half 2007); 3. LSE (1st Half 2007); 4. Thomson Financial (1st Half 2007); 5. Global Custodian, March 2007