Writer's
Direct Dial: (202) 974-1514
E-Mail:
rbergen@cgsh.com
March 2,
2010
BY HAND AND VIA
EMAIL
Bruce
MacNeil, Esq.
Senior
Counsel
Division
of Investment Management
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F
Street, NE
Washington,
DC 20549-4041
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Re:
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Bank
of America Corporation, et al., File No. 812-13679: Request for Withdrawal
of
Application
Pursuant to Section 9(c) of the Investment Company Act of
1940
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Dear Mr.
MacNeil:
Per your
request, and in light of the Final Consent Judgment entered February 24, 2010 in
Securities and
Exchange Commission v. Bank of America Corporation, 09-cv-6929 (JSR)
(S.D.N.Y.) and Securities and Exchange
Commission v. Bank of America Corporation, 10-cv-0215 (JSR) (S.D.N.Y.),
on behalf of our client, Bank of America Corporation, and the following other
applicants: Columbia Management Advisors, LLC, Columbia Wanger Asset Management,
L.P., Columbia Management Distributors, Inc., Banc of America Investment
Advisors, Inc., Bank of America Capital Advisors LLC, U.S. Trust Hedge Fund
Management, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
IQ Investment Advisors LLC, Roszel Advisors, LLC, Nuveen Asset Management,
Nuveen Investments Advisers Inc., Nuveen Investments Institutional Services
Group, LLC, Nuveen HydePark Group, LLC, NWQ Investment Management Company LLC,
Nuveen Investment Solutions, Inc., Santa Barbara Asset Management, LLC, Symphony
Asset Management LLC, Tradewinds Global Investors, LLC, Winslow Capital
Management, Inc., Nuveen Investments, LLC, KECALP Inc., and Merrill Lynch
Ventures, LLC, we respectfully request the withdrawal of the above-referenced
application, which was filed by the applicants via EDGAR on August 3, 2009 with
Accession Number 0000903423-09-000696 and Form Type 40-APP/A.
Bruce
MacNeil, Esq.
March 2,
2010
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If you
have any questions or require additional information with respect to the above,
please do not hesitate to contact me at 202-974-1514.
Sincerely,
/s/
Robin M. Bergen
Robin M.
Bergen
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cc:
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Janet
M. Grossnickle, Assistant Director
Julia
Kim Gilmer, Branch Chief
Lindi Beaudreault, Bank of
America
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