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MERRIL LYNCH

46 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map

Market position · 2024

Plans served28+3 YoYRank #592 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$1.1B0.0%Market share · rank #4077
Fees received$1MMedian $29,419/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY+211 won · 9 lostPlan-level switch detection
Plans served · 5-year trajectory
Market-share plans percent annotated. Bar height is raw plan count.
Customer-base shape
What does a typical MERRIL LYNCH plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where MERRIL LYNCH ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
Investment advisory (plan); Direct payment from the planCode 27
12$23,141
Investment management; Investment advisory (participants)Code 26
6$20,936
Securities brokerage; Investment managementCode 28
3$56,063
Direct payment from the plan; Investment advisory (plan); Consulting (pension)Code 17
2$48,131
Direct payment from the plan; Plan AdministratorCode 14
1$372,946
Direct payment from the plan; Other services; Distribution (12b-1) fees; Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Non-monetary compensation; Float revenue; Investment management; Investment management fees paid indirectly by plan; Trustee (discretionary); Sub-transfer agency fees; Shareholder servicing fees; Trustee (bank, trust company, or similar financial institution); Participant communicationCode 15
1$62,250
Custodial (securities)Code 19
1$9,000
Securities brokerageCode 33
1$12,666
Competitor overlap
Percent of MERRIL LYNCH's plans that also list each competitor on Schedule C. High numbers = co-living partners; low numbers = direct displacement targets.
Plans won in 2024
Appeared this year; did not appear last year under MERRIL LYNCH.
SponsorFromAssets
FORD METER BOX COMPANY, INC.IN · 350315220-003
WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED$170M
ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.CA · 330412288-001
MMA SECURITIES LLC$59M
SUPERIOR ESSEX, INCGA · 200282396-003
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH$33M
VAAGEN BROS LUMBER INCWA · 910862262-001
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH$23M
DARVIN FURNITURE & APPLIANCES OF ORLAND PARK, INC.IL · 362685499-001
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH$17M
RF INDUSTRIES, LTD.CA · 880168936-001
(new plan)$17M
YOUNG THAGARD HOFFMAN, LLPGA · 580898982-001
(new plan)$12M
THE NAPOLI GROUP LLCNH · 200100132-001
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH$7M
HCMC LEGAL, INC.NY · 451966835-002
(new plan)$3M
VINEA CAPITAL INCORPORATEDGA · 822785229-001
(new plan)$1M
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under MERRIL LYNCH; not this year.
SponsorToAssets
ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.PA · 240836856-001
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH$31M
HARVEY NASH, INC.NJ · 943307138-002
ADP BROKER-DEALER$29M
TRUSTEES OF MOTION PIC LAB TECHS AND FILM EDITORS LOCAL 780 PENSION FUFL · 237345671-001
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH$29M
STEELSERIES NORTH AMERICA CORPORATIONIL · 810667898-001
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY$9M
NOBLE OIL SERVICES INCNC · 561508693-001
ADP BROKER-DEALER$8M
WB WASTE SOLUTIONSMD · 471312254-001
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH$3M
CATBIRD NYC LLCNY · 205172055-002
(new plan)$64,044
Top plans by assets
Searchable full list lands with the commercial layer.
PlanAssetsParticipantsFeesTenureFlags
TECK AMERICAN, INC. & SUBSIDIARIESWA · 261974324-009
$182M1,217$62,25010y1
FORD METER BOX COMPANY, INC.IN · 350315220-003
$170M1,079$40,0001y-
HALL, RENDER, KILLIAN, HEATH & LYMAN, PCIN · 351427161-002
$143M446$60,0009y1
OHIO BRICKLAYERS PENSION PLANMI · 516029565-001
$111M1,992$28,9811y-
TECK AMERICAN, INC. & SUBSIDIARIESWA · 261974324-001
$94M836$372,94610y-
IRON WORKERS NO 28 PENSION FUNDVA · 546112218-001
$62M674$9,0007y-
ALPHATEC SPINE, INC.CA · 330412288-001
$59M933$43,1041y1
UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL 880 - MERCANTILEOH · 516031766-001
$48M3,174$163,7109y-
SUPERIOR ESSEX, INCGA · 200282396-003
$33M1,429$48,1581y-
DANVILLE METAL STAMPING COMPANY, INC.IL · 370637099-002
$23M441$41,8726y-
Flag exposure
96.4%Market: 89.2%
This provider
Market baseline

Share of this provider's plans tripping any deterministic red flag this year. Lower than market baseline = better risk surface.

Aliases resolved (46)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into MERRIL LYNCH.
  • B OF A MERRIL LYNCH
  • BANK OF AMERICA MERILL LYNCH
  • BANK OF AMERICA MERRIL LYNCH
  • MERILL
  • MERILL LUNCH
  • MERILL LYNCH
  • MERILL LYNCH - EPS
  • MERILL LYNCH - FAS
  • MERILL LYNCH AGENCY INC
  • MERILL LYNCH AGENCY, INC.
  • MERILL LYNCH FENNER & SMITH
  • MERILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY
  • MERILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY INC
  • MERILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY, INC
  • MERILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY, INC.
  • MERILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
  • MERILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER SMITH IN
  • MERILL LYNCH PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
  • MERILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER
  • MERILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMIT
  • MERILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S
  • MERILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND SM
  • MERILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER SMITH
  • MERILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER, SMITH
  • MERILL LYNCH,PIERCE,FENNER & SMITH
Book composition by plan size
Bars stack to total plans served; segments use the same asset cutoffs as the /retirement size filter. Up-and-to-the-right on the bigger segments = moving up-market.
Under $5M$5-50M$50-250M$250M-1B$1B+
Compliance posture vs market
Per-flag share for MERRIL LYNCH's book against the same flag's overall prevalence across all filings. Negative delta = under-indexed (cleaner book); positive = elevated risk surface.
FlagPlans flaggedProvider %Market %Delta
Recently terminated13.57%7.76%-4.19 pp
Fidelity bond gap13.57%26.94%-23.37 pp
Late contributions828.57%1.71%+26.86 pp
Failed to provide benefit00.00%0.14%-0.14 pp
Corrective distributions517.86%1.76%+16.10 pp
Loss discovered00.00%0.00%-0.00 pp
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with MERRIL LYNCH. Compare to the incumbent market share (0.0%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-0.0 pp vs incumbent
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