BoA said that it hoped the merger will better position it to serve mass-affluent investors with $100,000 to $3 million. In the change, BoA client managers will no longer handle client relationships but, instead, cooperate with Merrill financial advisers to recommend banking products.
The first U.S. bank to offer an exchange-traded product tied to bitcoin saw $34 million in trading on the first day.
Exchange funds could help address some wealthy clients' concentration risks and tax quandaries at the same time.
The addition of Peter Laidlaw to Merrill's offices in San Francisco comes as firm executives aim to engage in "more aggressive recruiting."
A deal is more than just a top-line number and misalignment in culture and communications can cause conflict down the line.
RIA Soltis acquired accounting, tax and advisory firm GDM Private Financial Solutions, the latest example of client demand for integrated wealth and tax planning solutions.
SEC regulators instead take aim at their predecessors in the Biden Administration, saying the outsized fines were partly the result of a desire to "pursue media headlines and run up numbers."
