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Mr. Ritsuo Watanabe is a Research Analyst at BofA Securities Co., Ltd.
Mr. Watanabe began his pharmaceutical/healthcare analyst career in 1996 with Kokusai Securities (current Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities).
He expanded research to the US industry from 2004 at the US wing of the firm.
He then joined Merrill Lynch Japan in 2006 covering the pharmaceuticals and healthcare sector, and became lead analyst in 2009.
Mr. Watanabe received his MBA from Boston University in 2001, and graduated from the Faculty of Economics, the University of Tokyo in 1995.
Ritsuo Watanabe active positions
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Bofa Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
 Bofa Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. (BofA Securities Japan) is the wholly-owned Japanese brokerage subsidiary of Merrill Lynch International, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Founded in 1998, the firm was formerly known as Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (MLJS) and changed their name to BofA Securities Co., Ltd. in line with grobal re-branding from BofA Merrill Lynch to BofA in 2020. They subsequently became BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, BofA Securities Japan provides stock and bond trading, capital markets, investment banking and other advisory services to corporate clients, financial institutions and government agencies. | Analyst-Equity | 01/01/2006 |
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Bofa Securities Japan Co., Ltd.
Bofa Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. (BofA Securities Japan) is the wholly-owned Japanese brokerage subsidiary of Merrill Lynch International, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Founded in 1998, the firm was formerly known as Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (MLJS) and changed their name to BofA Securities Co., Ltd. in line with grobal re-branding from BofA Merrill Lynch to BofA in 2020. They subsequently became BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, BofA Securities Japan provides stock and bond trading, capital markets, investment banking and other advisory services to corporate clients, financial institutions and government agencies. | Finance |
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