| Asset-backed securities | ||
| 27. Brokers who provide best research on | ||
| investment-grade asset-backed bonds | ||
| (by type and ranked): | ||
| Rank | Mortgage backed | |
| 1 | Deutsche Bank | 25 |
| 2 | BNP Paribas | 19 |
| 3 | JP Morgan | 14 |
| 4 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 13 |
| 5 | PaineWebber | 12 |
| 6= | Merrill Lynch | 11 |
| 6= | Goldman Sachs | 11 |
| 6= | Salomon Smith Barney | 11 |
| 9 | Barclays | 10 |
| 10= | Lehman Brothers | 8 |
| 10= | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 8 |
| 12 | Bear Stearns | 7 |
| 13 | ABN Amro | 6 |
| 14= | DG Bank | 4 |
| Jumbo Pfandbriefe | ||
| 1 | Deutsche Bank | 29 |
| 2 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 26 |
| 3= | Commerzbank | 12 |
| 3= | ABN Amro | 12 |
| 5 | CDC Marches | 8 |
| 6 | Nord LB | 7 |
| 7= | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 6 |
| 7= | Barclays | 6 |
| 9 | Lehman Brothers | 4 |
| 10= | Goldman Sachs | 3 |
| 10= | BNP Paribas | 3 |
| 10= | HypoVereinsbank | 3 |
| 10= | HSBC Trinkhaus | 3 |
| 14 | Merrill Lynch | 2 |
| CLOs/CBOs/CDOs | ||
| 1 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 27 |
| 2 | JP Morgan | 14 |
| 3 | Goldman Sachs | 11 |
| 4 | Deutsche Bank | 10 |
| 5 | Lehman Brothers | 8 |
| 6 | ABN Amro | 7 |
| 7= | Bear Stearns | 6 |
| 7= | ...||