| Investment grade (BBB- and above) | ||
| 19. Best research from brokers on (ranked): | ||
| Telco | ||
| Rank | Point Score | |
| 1 | Deutsche Bank | 45 |
| 2 | Lehman Brothers | 44 |
| 3 | Salomon Smith Barney | 39 |
| 4 | Barclays | 30 |
| 5= | Goldman Sachs | 28 |
| 5= | Merrill Lynch | 28 |
| 7 | BNP Paribas | 22 |
| 8= | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 21 |
| 8= | ABN Amro | 21 |
| 10 | JP Morgan | 18 |
| 11 | Warburg Dillon Read | 16 |
| 12 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 7 |
| 13= | HSBC | 6 |
| 13= | Credit Suisse First Boston | 6 |
| 15 | Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette | 3 |
| 16= | Credit Suisse First Boston | 2 |
| 16= | Nomura | 2 |
| Utilities | ||
| 1 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 34 |
| 2 | Lehman Brothers | 31 |
| 3= | Merrill Lynch | 26 |
| 3= | Barclays | 26 |
| 5= | ABN Amro | 20 |
| 5= | Deutsche Bank | 20 |
| 7 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 17 |
| 8 | JP Morgan | 16 |
| 9= | Goldman Sachs | 14 |
| 9= | Salomon Smith Barney | 14 |
| 11 | HSBC | 13 |
| 12= | Credit Suisse First Boston | 12 |
| 12= | Warburg Dillon Read | 12 |
| 14 | BNP Paribas | 10 |
| 15 | Royal Bank of Scotland | 4 |
| 16= | Nomura | 3 |
| Tobacco | ||
| 1 | Lehman Brothers | 26 |
| 2 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 25 |