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Re:Lehman going bankrupt. Bank of America buying Merrill Lynch by ctkrohn on Sunday September 14, 2008 @07:29PM (#304130)
Citadel, definitely. They already have started doing certain things once the domain of investment banks -- they make markets in stocks and options, for example. Recently they've hired a number of prominent fixed income traders, e.g. the head of JPMorgan's mortgage trading department. I think they're well on their way to becoming a leading securities firm. They're certainly big enough to purchase a smaller boutique to bring in expertise in mergers, IPOs, debt offerings, etc. The only problem is regulatory, given that they're a hedge fund, but I imagine this eventually could be resolved -- after all, Citi and JPMorgan all have large internal hedge fund arms.

Blackrock is a very different company. They manage more than a trillion dollars worth of assets, making Citadel seem paltry at ~$25bn. They haven't really shown much interest in branching away from their area of expertise: fixed income asset management.

Re:Lehman going bankrupt. Bank of America buying Merrill Lynch by tptacek on Sunday September 14, 2008 @08:12PM (#304164)
Peripheral question: what do you think ML looks like 18 months from now? Is there still an ML? I watched BofA buy ABN up close, and they were pretty aggressive.
Re:Lehman going bankrupt. Bank of America buying Merrill Lynch by rwebb on Monday September 15, 2008 @02:04AM (#304371)
BofA already cleaned house in their banking group earlier this year. doubt the need more bankers.