Europe, Middle East and Africa

Delivering insight and access into Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Awards & Recognition

  • Euromoney Cash Management Survey, 2011 Qualitative Service Rankings
    Euromoney, 2011
  • Best Russian M&A House of the Year
    Euromoney, Awards for Excellence, 2011
  • Best Equity Bank, Central & Eastern Europe
    Global Finance, Best Investment Bank Award, 2011
  • #2 Emerging EMEA Brokerage Firm
    Thomson Reuters Extel Survey, 2011
  • Best Investment Bank, Central & Eastern Europe
    Global Finance, Best Investment Bank Award, 2011

Overview

Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) footprint comprises of 32 cities across 23 countries on three continents. The company is a long-established participant in the European markets, with a presence since 1922. Currently over 14,000 associates are based in EMEA.

Globally, Bank of America Merrill Lynch serves clients and customers in more than 150 countries and has relationships with 99 percent of the U.S. Fortune 500, nearly 96 percent of the Fortune Global 500 and 33 percent of the FTSE 100.

Today, the company offers an integrated and comprehensive set of products and services across all businesses, serving the needs of individual, corporate, institutional and government clients, by combining the best of local knowledge and international expertise. Bank of America Merrill Lynch has a strategic and measured approach to its international development and is strengthening its business and infrastructure to create sustainable,
long-term growth.

Capabilities

Bank of America's Europe Card Services business has been operating in EMEA since 1993 with offices in Ireland, Spain and the United Kingdom. With over five million customers, the business is the largest credit card lender in the region.

Global Banking & Markets includes corporate banking, investment banking and sales trading. The group provides services to middle-market and large corporations, government entities and institutional investors. These services include mergers and acquisition advice, equity and debt capital raising, corporate lending, sales and trading in fixed income, commodities, currency and equities, risk management, research, and liquidity and payments management.

Global Wealth and Investment Management is one of the largest wealth management businesses in the world with $1.9 trillion in total client assets. The business provides comprehensive wealth management to affluent and high net worth clients, as well as retirement and benefit plan services, philanthropic management and asset management to individuals and institutions.

Media

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Media Contacts

John McIvor
Head of International Communications +44.0.20.7995.4324

Sara-Louise Boyes
Global Wealth & Investment Management
+44.0.20.7996.3557

Tomos Rhys Edwards
Research
+44.0.20.7995.2763

Victoria Garrod
Global Investment Banking
+44.0.20.7995.4437

 

John Greaves
Europe Card Services
+44.0.1244.574.404

Suzanne Holmes
Ireland
+353.1.619.6009

Andrew Todd
Global Markets
+44.0.20.7995.4265

Elizabeth Wood
Global Corporate Banking
+44.0.20.7995.7731

 

Our media managers are only able to respond to enquiries from the press.

Perspective

External Treasury: Navigating a Course Through Europe's Rough Seas

Uncertainty generated by the debt crisis in the eurozone has added to the challenges faced by treasurers. This paper explores the potential advantages of engaging external expertise to free up treasurers' time to focus on core, value-added treasury tasks during such turbulent times.

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GT News

Charting a Successful Course Through 2012

There is no reason why a company cannot chart a successful path through 2012 by taking an agile, flexible and measured approach to its cash and treasury management. If treasurers are confident and consistent, and are able to draw on the commitment and capabilities of their banks, they will be in a good position to deal with whatever challenges 2012 brings.

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Treasury Today

Balancing strategic and operational needs: Solving the treasurer's dilemma

Echoes of the credit crisis are still being felt: as a result of the current political and economic instability, the impact of the global downturn and the threat of a potential reoccurrence, crisis is never far from the treasurer's mind.

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