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| 02 | 01 | Scores | TMT | Gen Ind/Man | Consumer Retail | Credit Strategy | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Merrill Lynch | 268 | 221 | 178 | 190 | 857 |
| 2 | 4 | Deutsche Bank | 261 | 217 | 165 | 168 | 811 |
| 3 | 2 | CSFB | 250 | 180 | 158 | 189 | 777 |
| 4 | 6 | Goldman Sachs | 202 | 175 | 152 | 197 | 726 |
| 5 | 7 | SSMB | 187 | 178 | 145 | 182 | 692 |
| 6 | – | JP Morgan | 130 | 174 | 157 | 149 | 610 |
| 7 | 8 | UBS Warburg | 137 | 153 | 132 | 153 | 575 |
| 8 | 3 | Morgan Stanley | 210 | 117 | 110 | _ | 437 |
| 9 | 10= | DrKW | 127 | 93 | 74 | 102 | 396 |
| 10 | 5 | Lehman Bros | 165 | 98 | 118 | _ | 381 |
| 11 | 15= | ING | 119 | 128 | 99 | _ | 346 |
| 12 | 12 | Barclays Capital | 99 | 79 | 76 | 69 | 323 |
| 13 | 9 | Bear Stearns | 81 | 93 | 60 | 85 | 319 |
| 14 | 10= | BNP Paribas | 119 | 83 | 105 | _ | 307 |
| 15 | 14 | CIBC | 58 | 64 | 66 | _ | 188 |
| 16 | 13 | RBS | 63 | 69 | 42 | _ | 174 |
| 17 | – | ABN Amro | 59 | 51 | 46 | _ | 156 |
| 18 | – | Bank of America | 74 | 65 | _ | _ | 139 |
| 19 | – | Commerzbank | 65 | _ | _ | 46 | 111 |
Deutsche snaps at Merrill’s high-yield heels
| Helen Rodriguez | ||||||
Helen Rodriguez made a reasonable guess at which bank had denied her the top spot in the high-yield poll. Having worked in Frank Knowles’s team at Merrill Lynch for four-and-a-half years, she knows how well established it is in this field.
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