Merrill Lynch - The FCS Financial Marketer of the Year

March 20, 2008

The FCS Financial Marketer of the Year Award recognizes a
financial services firm that has done outstanding work in the area of
financial services communications. It is open to any firm in the
financial services industry including, but not limited to: banks,
brokerages, investment management firms, mutual funds, credit cards
and insurance companies.

The Financial Communications Society (FCS) presented its
second annual FCS Financial Marketer of the Year award to Merrill
Lynch Global Wealth Management.

Steve Cone, Chief Marketing Officer of Epsilon, who also served as head of advertising and brand management at Citigroup Private Banking and authored the best-seller "Steal These Ideas: Marketing Secrets That Will Make You A Star" delivered the keynote address on the occasion.

The
FCS Financial Marketer of the Year Award 2007-08 judges are:

Jim Sansevero, CMO, Lord Abbett & Co.,
Barbara Glasser, CMO, Citi Wealth Management, Citibank;
Michael Prieve, Creative Director, Doremus;
Danielle Abdelnour, Head of Branding and Corporate Design, Americas,UBS;
Tod Seisser, Creative Consultant, former Chief Creative Officer of Saatchi & Saatchi New York;
Linda Finnerty, Professor, F.I.T., State University of New York and former Director of Corporate Communications for Alliance Capital and DLJdirect.

Rich Aneser, Managing Director of Brand Management & Communications for Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management accepted the award on behalf of Merrill Lynch

For more information visit

www.fcsinteractive.com

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS156092+20-Mar-2008+BW20080320