The amorphous sector challenge
European brokers poll: Country by Country
European brokers poll: Sectoral research
European brokers poll: Methodology
| Overall European equity research | |||
| 99 | 98 | Score | |
| 1 | 3 | Merrill Lynch | |
| 2= | 2 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 37 |
| 2= | 1 | Warburg Dillon Read | 37 |
| 4 | 9 | Deutsche Bank | 25 |
| 5 | 5= | Goldman Sachs | 24 |
| 6 | – | Credit Suisse First Boston | 16 |
| 7 | 5= | ABN Amro | 15 |
| 8 | – | Citibank/Salomon Smith Barney | 11 |
| Overall European equity execution | |||
| 1 | 1 | Warburg Dillon Read | 30 |
| 2 | 4 | Merrill Lynch | 28 |
| 3= | – | Exane | 20 |
| 3= | – | Lehman Brothers | 20 |
| 5= | 2 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 16 |
| 5= | 9= | SG Securities | 16 |
| 7= | – | Deutsche Bank | 14 |
| 7= | – | SEB | 14 |
| Overall European equity strategy | |||
| 1 | – | Merrill Lynch | 40 |
| 2 | – | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 32 |
| 3 | – | Deutsche Bank | 25 |
| 4 | – | ABN Amro | 21 |
| 5= | – | Goldman Sachs | 14 |
| 5= | – | Warburg Dillon Read | 14 |
| 7 | – | Credit Suisse First Boston | 11 |
| 8= | – | Citibank/Salomon Smith Barney | 9 |
| 8= | – | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 9 |
| Overall European strategists | |||
| 1 | – | David Bowers (Merrill Lynch) | 34 |
| 2 | 1 | Richard Davidson (MSDW) | 25 |
| 3 | – | Pascal Costantini (Deutsche Bank) | 18 |
| 4= | – | Matthew Dennis (ABN Amro) | 8 |
| 4= | 3 | Nick Stevenson (Banque Paribas) | 8 |
| 5 | – | Julian Callow (Dresdner Kleinwort Benson) | 7 |
| Overall sectoral research | |||
| 1 | 1 | Warburg Dillon Read | 44 |
| 2 | 2= | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 32 |
| 3 | 2= | Merrill Lynch | 30 |
| 4 | 4 | Goldman Sachs | 22 |
| 5 | – | HSBC Securities | 16 |
| 6= | – | Credit Suisse First Boston | 15 |
| 6= | 8 | Deutsche Bank | 15 |
| 8 | 5 | Citibank/Salomon Smith Barney | 10 |
| 9 | 7 | ABN Amro | 7 |
