Merrill Lynch opened its Canadian offices more than 50 years ago. Today, Merrill LynchAos Canadian offices comprise more than 300 staff in the key business centers of Toronto, Calgary, Montreal and Vancouver providing investment banking, equity and debt trading, and research products and services to institutional, corporate and government clients. With the largest wholesale presence of any global investment bank in Canada, Merrill Lynch is uniquely positioned to provide its clients with both domestic and global solutions. Strong client relationships and leading professionals in Canada and world-wide enable Merrill Lynch to bring Canadian issuers and products to the global markets and global investors to the Canadian markets.