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Securities Financing Transactions (Tables)

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Securities Financing Transactions (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
Securities Financing Transactions [Abstract]  
Schedule of Financial Instruments Owned and Pledged as Collateral
The carrying value and classification of securities owned by Merrill Lynch that have been pledged to counterparties where those counterparties do not have the right to sell or repledge at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are as follows:
(dollars in millions)
 
September 30, 2012
 
 
December 31, 2011
Trading asset category
 

 
 
 

Equities and convertible debentures
$
9,738

 
 
$
6,469

Corporate debt and preferred stock
8,556

 
 
7,961

U.S. Government and agencies
29,664

 
 
22,689

Non-U.S. governments and agencies
1,538

 
 
627

Mortgages, mortgage-backed, and asset-backed securities
2,931

 
 
1,959

Municipals and money markets
1,233

 
 
561

Total
$
53,660

 
 
$
40,266