by Calculated Risk on 9/30/2009 05:48:00 PM

From Bloomberg: Bank of America’s Chief Executive Ken Lewis to Retire Dec. 31

No successor named.

Not sure what to make of this.

BofA Press Release: Ken Lewis Announces His Retirement

"Bank of America is well positioned to meet the continuing challenges of the economy and markets," said Lewis. "I am particularly heartened by the results that are emerging from the decisions and initiatives of the difficult past year-and-a-half."

"The Merrill Lynch and Countrywide integrations are on track and returning value already," Lewis noted. "Our board of directors and our senior management include more talent, and more diversity of talent, than at any time in this company's history. We are in position to begin to repay the federal government's TARP investments. For these reasons, I decided now is the time to begin to transition to the next generation of leadership at Bank of America."