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The wealth management arm of Bank of America has promoted John Pellegrini (pictured) as sales head of market linked investments (MLIs) which are primarily structured notes within its investment solutions group, a spokesperson at the bank told SRP. In this newly created role, Pellegrini will continue to be based in the Washington D.C. area and be responsible for the development of the specialist field engagement strategy to educate and train advisors on Merrill’s MLI platform, as well as