BofA to run wealth management from NYC
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) said most of its wealth management operations will be run from New York city following the $50 billion takeover of Merrill Lynch.
The announcement is a blow to Boston, which became Bank of America’s wealth management headquarters after BofA’s takeover of FleetFinancial in 2004. That business will be run from New York by Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain.
Keith Banks, who was Bank of America’s global wealth and management chief, will now head private bank U.S. Trust and Columbia Management, which includes mutual funds. He will operate from New York.
Greg Fleming, Merrill’s star investment banker and president, will run global corporate and investment banking, which will include commercial banking, from New York.
Tom Montag, currently global head of sales and trading at Merrill Lynch, will be head of Global Markets which includes sales, trading and research. He will operate from New York. Capital markets will report to both Montag and Fleming.
Peter Kraus, executive vice president of Global Strategy at Merrill Lynch, has decided to leave the company after the merger to pursue other opportunities.
Merrill vice chairman Bob McCann, who oversees the company’s army of 16,000 or so brokers, will head the combined financial advisor organization. He will operate from New York.
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