ON THE MOVE-Merrill Lynch picks off 12 Barclays brokers post sale

NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp's Merrill Lynch hired 20 brokers over the last week who managed a combined $1.8 billion in assets at their previous firms, including a dozen from the recently sold Barclays Plc's U.S. wealth and investment management unit, according to Bank of America news release.