NEW YORK, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research today
announced that Kate Moore will be joining the group as a global equity
strategist in November, reporting to chief Global Equity Strategist Michael
Hartnett. In this role, she will support the development of our global equity
product working with colleagues in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Moore will be based in New York.
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Moore joins from Moore Capital Management where she served as an emerging
market strategist for the last few years. Previously, she worked at Morgan
Stanley Investment Management. Moore graduated from the University of Chicago
with a master's degree in political economy and received a bachelor's degree
in political and social thought from the University of Virginia.
"I am looking forward to Kate joining my team," said Hartnett. "Her ability to
apply cross-market analysis to evaluate relative value and market sentiment
will be a tremendous asset to our team."
The goal of BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research is to be the premier global
research franchise, providing clients with exceptional service, value-added
investment insights and alpha-generating investment recommendations. Since
January 2009, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research has hired 40 analysts in the
United States and an additional 25 analysts globally.
The BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research franchise covers nearly 3,000 stocks
globally and ranks in the top tier in many external surveys. Most recently the
group was named Top Global Broker, Top U.S. Broker and No. 2 Europe Broker by
Financial Times/StarMine and Best Brokerage by Forbes/Zacks. In addition, the
group ranked No. 1 in the 2009 Institutional Investor All-Europe survey for
Pan-European coverage, No. 2 in the Institutional Investor 2009 All-Brazil
Research team survey, and No. 3 in the Institutional Investor 2009 All-America
Equity, All-Latin America, and All-America Fixed-Income Research team surveys.
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