December 7, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Division of Investment Management
Re: Merrill Lynch Global Financial Services Fund, Inc.
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on
Form N-1A (Securities Act File No. 333-80061; Investment Company
Act File No. 811-09375)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Merrill Lynch Global Financial Services Fund, Inc. (the "Fund")
hereby certifies that: (1) the form of prospectus and statement of additional
information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933
Act would not have differed from that contained in Pre-Effective Amendment No.
2 to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A, constituting the most
recent amendment to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and (2)
the text of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Fund's Registration Statement
on Form N-1A was filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 18, 1999.
Very truly yours,
Merrill Lynch Global Financial Services
Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ Ira P. Shapiro
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Ira P. Shapiro
Secretary
