1. Top brokerage house in the world
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For the sixth year in a row, Merrill picked up the top brokerage house of the year honors in 2004 from SmartMoney, which lauded the firm for its proprietary research. And for the fourth year in a row, Merrill Lynch was named the top wealth manager in the U.S. by Barron's magazine. Merrill's 50,000 employee workforce is one of the largest on Wall Street and includes nearly 15,000 financial advisors in the firm's global private client group, who together manage more than $1 trillion in client assets.