Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research has hired Chris Flanagan -co-head of securitized products at JPMorgan Chase - to head its U.S. mortgage and structured finance group. Mr. Flanagan will be responsible for analytics and modeling across all of the company's mortgage and structured finance groups. In addition to serving as co-head of securitized products research at JPMorgan Chase, Mr. Flanagan also was in charge of research on asset-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations and commercial mortgage-backed securities there, duties he has held since 2000.
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