The Champions League of investment banking:

Jethro Wookey

January 30, 2007

US firms maintain their dominance of the global investment banking industry, according to a new table put together by Euromoney. But which CEOs have provided the best value to shareholders? Clive Horwood, Alex Chambers and Jethro Wookey report.

The investment banking Champions League 2006
Euromoney's unscientific guide to the industry's leading firms
	Check out how your bank ranks: CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW	Overall fees	RoE	GoE	Mark cap	Total
1	Goldman Sachs	32	16	14	9	71
2	Morgan Stanley	26	11	16	8	61
3	JP Morgan	28	1	15	14	58
=4	Citigroup	30	5	1	16	52
=4	UBS	22	14	3	13	52
6	Credit Suisse	20	10	11	7	48
7	Merrill Lynch	24	6	10	6	46
8	Barclays	10	14	8	10	42
9	Deutsche Bank	18	8	9	4	39
10	HSBC	8	2	13	15	38
11	Lehman Brothers	16	12	6	2	36
12	BNP Paribas	6	9	7	11	33
13	Bear Stearns	14	4	12	1	31
14	Société Générale	2	15	5	5	27
15	ABN Amro	12	7	2	3	24
16	RBS	4	3	4	12	23
Source: Dealogic, Annual reports, Euromoney

AT FIRST GLANCE, investment banking and international football may appear strange bedfellows.