The amorphous sector challenge
European brokers poll: Best overall
European brokers poll: Sectoral research
European brokers poll: Methodology
| 99 | 98 | Score | |
| Austria: research | |||
| 1 | – | CA IB Investment Bank | 14 |
| 2 | 1= | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 10 |
| 3 | 1= | Erste Bank | 6 |
| Execution | |||
| 1 | – | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 12 |
| 2 | – | CA IB Investment Bank | 10 |
| 3 | – | Deutsche Bank | 8 |
| 4 | – | Citibank/Salomon Smith Barney | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | Erste Bank | 6 |
| Belgium: research | |||
| 1 | 1 | Petercam | 24 |
| 2 | 2 | Vermeulen-Ramdonck | 10 |
| 3= | – | KBC Securities | 8 |
| 3= | – | Bank Degroof | 6 |
| 5 | – | Williams de Bröe | 5 |
| Execution | |||
| 1 | 4 | Merrill Lynch | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | Petercam | 11 |
| 3 | 2 | Vermeulen-Ramdonck | 6 |
| Denmark: research | |||
| 1 | 5 | Carnegie | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Alfred Berg | 24 |
| 3 | 4 | Den Danske Bank | 14 |
| 4 | 2 | SEB | 12 |
| Execution | |||
| 1 | 1 | Alfred Berg | 21 |
| 2 | 5 | Carnegie | 11 |
| 3 | 2= | SEB | 10 |
| Finland: research | |||
| 1 | 1 | Alfred Berg | 22 |
| 2 | 2 | SEB | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | Merita Securities | 13 |
| 4= | 4 | Carnegie | 10 |
| 4= | – | Cazenove | 10 |
| Execution | |||
| 1 | 2 | Alfred Berg | 28 |
| 2= | 3= | Carnegie | 16 |
| 2= | 1 | SEB | 16 |
| 4 | 3= | Merita Securities | 6 |
| France: research | |||
| 1 | 1= | Crédit Agricole Indosuez Cheuvreux | ...|