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European Brokers Poll: Country results
European Brokers Poll: Sector results
European Brokers Poll: Methodology
| Overall European research | |||
| Rank | Score | ||
| 1998 | 1997 | ||
| 1 | * | Warburg Dillon Read | 47 |
| 2 | 12 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 41 |
| 3 | 3 | Merrill Lynch | 29 |
| 4 | ** | BT Alex Brown | 25 |
| 5= | – | ABN Amro | 22 |
| 5= | 7= | Goldman Sachs | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | HSBC Securities | 20 |
| 8 | – | Société Générale | 18 |
| 9 | 5 | Deutsche Bank | 10 |
| 10 | – | Schroders | 8 |
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*SBC Warburg ranked 1, UBS 9 **NatWest Securities ranked 6. In April this year NatWest was acquired by BT Alex Brown. |
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| Overall European execution | |||
| Rank | Score | ||
| 1998 | 1997 | ||
| 1 | * | Warburg Dillon Read | 36 |
| 2 | 2 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 33 |
| 3 | 9 | HSBC Securities | 26 |
| 4 | 3 | Merrill Lynch | 25 |
| 5 | 5 | Goldman Sachs | 19 |
| 6= | – | ABN Amro | 17 |
| 6= | ** | BT Alex Brown | 17 |
| 8 | – | Banque Paribas | 12 |
| 9= | 4 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 9 |
| 9= | – | Société Générale | 9 |
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*SBC Warburg ranked 1, UBS 6 **NatWest Securities ranked 7= |
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| Overall European economic research | |||
| Rank | Score | ||
| 1998 | 1997 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 41 |
| 2 | 3 | Goldman Sachs | 28 |
| 3 | 4 | HSBC Securities | 23 |
| 4= | 1 | Merrill Lynch | 20 |
| 4= | * | Warburg Dillon Read | 20 |
| 6 | 9= | JP Morgan | 13 |
| 7= | – | ABN Amro | 11 |
| 7= | – | Banque Paribas | 11 |
| 9= | – | BT Alex Brown | 10 |
| 9= | – | Société Générale | 10 |
| * SBC Warburg ranked 5, UBS 6= | |||
| Overall top strategists | |||
| Rank | Score | ||
| 1998 | 1997 | ||
| 1 | 2 | Richard Davidson,Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 34 |
| 2 | 5 | Mike Young, Peter Sullivan & team, Goldman Sachs | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | Nick Stevenson,Banque Paribas | 13 |
| 4 | 6 | Peter Oppenheimer,HSBC Securities | 10 |
| 5 | – | Julian Edwards,Warburg Dillon Read | 8 |
| 6 | – | Robert Lind, ABN Amro | 5 |
| Overall European sectoral research | |||
| Rank | Score | ||
| 98 | 97 | Total score | |
| 1 | * | Warburg Dillon Read | 43 |
| 2= | 4 | Merrill Lynch | 35 |
| 2= | 1 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 35 |
| 4 | 8 | Goldman Sachs | 29 |
| 5 | – | Salomon Smith Barney | 21 |
| 6 | ** | BT Alex Brown | 20 |
| 7 | – | ABN Amro | 17 |
| 8 | 7 | Deutsche Bank | 15 |
| 9= | – | Schroders | 12 |
| 9= | – | Société Générale | 12 |
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* SBC Warburg ranked 1=, UBS 6 ** NatWest Securities ranked 3 |
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| Best market for investment prospects over the next 12 months | |||
| Rank | Votes | ||
| 1998 | 1997 | ||
| Research | |||
| 1 | – | Italy | 8 |
| 2 | – | France | 6 |
| 3 | – | Greece | 5 |
