Five European equity funds managed by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers have been rated “A” by Standard & Poor’s the ratings agency. Th...

Five European equity funds managed by Merrill Lynch Investment Managers have been rated “A” by Standard & Poor’s the ratings agency. The five are: MLIIF European Growth Fund and MLIIF Continental European Growth Fund, both managed by Niall Gallagher; ML Continental European Fund, managed by James Macmillan; MLIIF Euro Markets Fund, managed by Alice Gaskell, and MLIIF European Fund, managed by Gavin Corr. ML European Dynamic Fund, managed by Niall Gallagher and MLIIF European Value Fund, managed by James Macmillan already hold “A” ratings from Standard & Poor’s. Firmwide, assets under management at MLIM were $589 billion as at 30 June 2006.