are registered as futures commission merchants with the CFTC and are members of the NFA. and Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp. and Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp., both of which are registered broker-dealers and Members of SIPC, and, in other jurisdictions, by locally registered entities. Trading in securities and financial instruments, and strategic advisory, and other investment banking activities, are performed globally by investment banking affiliates of Bank of America Corporation ('Investment Banking Affiliates'), including, in the United States, BofA Securities, Inc. Lending, other commercial banking activities, and trading in certain financial instruments are performed globally by banking affiliates of Bank of America Corporation, including Bank of America, N.A., Member FDIC. 'Bank of America' and 'BofA Securities' are the marketing names used by the Global Banking and Global Markets divisions of Bank of America Corporation.
