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Rank Total score Economic research Emerging market research Risk management European
equity research
Asian equity research M&A Privatizations
97 96 Weighting: 225 50 25 50 25 25 25 25
1 1 Merrill Lynch 91.97 31.84 2.83 8.71 0.3 13.43 9.86 25
2 * SBC Warburg Dillon Read 89.53 23.71 5.43 8.19 25 12.04 5.15 10
3 4 Goldman Sachs 85.06 26.25 1.96 15.8 4.22 1.39 24.45 11
4 3 Citicorp 74.7 25 25 24.7 0
5 2 Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 71.03 23.45 3.97 11.45 2.78 22.39 7
6 8 JP Morgan 67.52 8.84 4.13 45.31 9.24
7 17 Deutsche Morgan Grenfell 47.68 20.91 3.91 14.23 6.33 0 1.3 1
8 9 Union Bank of Switzerland 46.25 11.09 2.17 16.52 3.01 3.7 1.74 8
9 7 HSBC Group 44.23 21.73 5.22 5.74 8.13 3.24 0.17
10 6 Chase Manhattan Bank 39.25 11.52 9.13 17.66 0.94
11 13 Credit Suisse First Boston** 30.33 3.39 0 4.67 2.41 13.86 6
12 Salomon Smith Barney 28.62 0.35 4.78 0.6 13.88 9
13 11 Jardine Fleming 25 0 0 25 0
14 28 Dresdner Kleinwort Benson 19.7 7.22 0.11 4.22 0.15 8
15 15 NatWest Group 19.05 9.34 0.22 4.38 5.12 0
16 12 Crédit Lyonnais 16.67 0 0 16.67 0
17 16 Bank of America 15.53 4.7 2.61 8.23 0
18 18 Lazard Frères 15.09 0 0 15.09
19 19 Lehman Brothers 13.89 2.03 0.99 0.3 10.57 0
20 14 ING Barings 13.77 0.62 0.65 0 12.5 0
21 †† Bankers Trust Alex Brown 13.54 0.79 0.43 8.88 3.43
22 26 ABN Amro Hoare Govett 10.62 2.34 1.96 2.67 1.81 1.85 0
23 21 Standard Chartered Bank 9.

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