Credit research poll 2002 - HIGH YIELD

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Best overall high-yield research team
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.

Credit research poll 2002 – HIGH YIELD

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