Credit Research: Telling the wheat from the chaff
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Banks |
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| Rank 99 | 98 | Score | |
| 1 | 2 | Deutsche Bank | 81 |
| 2 | 2 | JP Morgan | 74 |
| 3= | 1 | Merrill Lynch | 66 |
| 3= | * | Warburg Dillon Read | 66 |
| 5= | 13 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 49 |
| 5= | 11 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 49 |
| 7 | 9 | ABN Amro | 43 |
| 8 | ** | Salomon Smith Barney | 21 |
| 9 | 13 | Lehman Brothers | 20 |
| 10 | 6 | Barclays Capital | 18 |
| 11 | 7 | Goldman Sachs | 17 |
| 12 | 9 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 14 |
| 13 | – | Banque Nationale de Paris | 8 |
| 14 | – | DG Bank | 7 |
| 15 | – | CDC Marchés | 6 |
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* SBC Warburg Dillon Read ranked 4, UBS 5 ** Salomon Smith Barney ranked 13=, Citibank 20= |
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| Corporates | |||
| 1 | * | Warburg Dillon Read | 67 |
| 2 | 1 | Merrill Lynch | 65 |
| 3 | 4 | JP Morgan | 58 |
| 4 | 17 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 50 |
| 5 | 7 | Goldman Sachs | 42 |
| 6 | 5 | Barclays Capital | 40 |
| 7= | 17 | ABN Amro | 36 |
| 7= | 3 | Deutsche Bank | 36 |
| 7= | 5 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 36 |
| 10 | ** | Salomon Smith Barney | 24 |
| 11 | 9 | Lehman Brothers | 20 |
| 12= | 10 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 19 |
| 12= | 13 | HSBC | 19 |
| 14 | 22 | Bear Stearns | 11 |
| 15 | 22 | Chase Manhattan | 10 |
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* SBC Warburg Dillon Read ranked 2, UBS 8 ** Citibank ranked 12, Salomon Smith Barney 13= |
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| High-yield corporates | |||
| 1 | 1 | Merrill Lynch | 87 |
| 2 | – | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 41 |
| 3 | – | BT Alex Brown | 32 |
| 4 | 4 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 30 |
| 5 | 2 | JP Morgan | 27 |
| 6 | – | Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette | 23 |
| 7 | * | Warburg Dillon Read | 21 |
| 8 | 8 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 20 |
| 9 | 13 | Barclays Capital | 18 |
| 10 | – | Lehman Brothers | 17 |
| 11 | 7 | Deutsche Bank | 12 |
| 12= | – | ABN Amro | 10 |
| 12= | 5 | Goldman Sachs | 10 |
| 14 | ** | Salomon Smith Barney | 9 |
| 15 | – | Bear Stearns | 6 |
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* SBC Warburg Dillon Read ranked 3, UBS 13= ** Citibank ranked 11=, Salomon Smith Barney 16= |
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| Sovereigns & regionals | |||
| 1 | – | ABN Amro | 59 |
| 2 | 1 | JP Morgan | 58 |
| 3 | 4 | Deutsche Bank | 49 |
| 4 | 2 | Merrill Lynch | 38 |
| 5 | 5 | Goldman Sachs | 28 |
| 6 | 9 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter | 24 |
| 7 | * | Salomon Smith Barney | 20 |
| 8= | 11 | Credit Suisse First Boston | 19 |
| 8= | ** | Warburg Dillon Read | 19 |
| 10 | 13 | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 18 |
| 11= | 6 | Chase Manhattan | 12 |
| 11= | – | Société... | |
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