Gregory Allen Bundy

In 1915 Charles Edward Merrill founded Merrill Lynch & Co. (NYSE: MER) with Edmund C. Lynch in Baltimore, Maryland. The modern Merrill Lynch was formed in 1940 through mergers with E.A. Pierce & Cassatt and, soon after, Fenner & Beane. In 1973, Merrill Lynch adopted a holding company format, with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. as the parent and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as the operating subsidiary. Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (MLAM) was created as an integral business unit in the Merrill Lynch family in 1976. Fund Asset Management, doing business as Mercury Asset Management, was acquired in December 1997. In 2000, MLAM and Mercury were combined under the name Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. MLAM manages the Merrill Lynch family of mutual funds, as and acts as sub-advisor to other mutual funds.

Arana Therapeutics Ltd. engages in researching and developing, investing, licensing, technology, producing, formulating and marketing peptides and related products for the human and animal pharmaceutical industries. It develops and provides human therapeutic products for the treatment of diseases in the areas of cancer and inflammation and products for fertility control in animals. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Macquarie Park, Australia.

MacarthurCook Ltd.'s principal activity is managing property, property securities and mortgage investments. It engaged in real estate investment management. The company is engaged in the investment management of direct property, real estate securities and mortgages. It operates in Australia, Singapore and New Zealand and is an investment advisor to funds listed in the United States. Company is located in Victoria, Australia.

BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. (BofA Securities Japan) is the wholly-owned Japanese brokerage subsidiary of Merrill Lynch International, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Founded in 1998, the firm was formerly known as Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (MLJS) and changed their name to BofA Securities Co., Ltd. in line with grobal re-branding from BofA Merrill Lynch to BofA in 2020. They subsequently became BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, BofA Securities Japan provides stock and bond trading, capital markets, investment banking and other advisory services to corporate clients, financial institutions and government agencies.

Part of Bank of America Corp., Merrill Lynch (Australia) Pty Ltd. is an Australian company that provides online lease financing services. The company is based in Sydney, Australia.

Contango Capital Partners Ltd. is an investment company, which holds equity interests in financial services companies in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Its listed assets are invested in niche investment managers, financial planners and larger highly liquid listed Australian financial securities. The company was founded on February 28, 2007 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

CWH Australia Trust operates a real estate investment trust. The company is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.