Hoping to gain status in securities underwriting and get in on the tech boom, BofA bought Montgomery Securities in 1997, only to have its leader, Thomas Weisel, noisily decamp to form his own shop.

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The complaint alleges that BofA misled shareholders and violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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Credit Agricole Securities Mike Mayo says BofA ended the earnings call on Monday without taking his question.

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So among his mandates is to search out a joint venture with a Chinese securities partner that would allow BofA Merrill Lynch to underwrite IPOs in China.

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In October the group sent BofA a letter demanding that it repurchase the soured mortgage securities.

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In contract, the private investors in the BofA case are looking for the bank to buyback their securities.

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The lead managing underwriters were UBS Investment Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Securities.

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Those securities soured and have resulted in a plethora of losses for investors who have turned around and sued BofA accusing the bank of misleading them about the quality of the investments.

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