Credit research poll 2002 – HIGH YIELD

Deutsche snaps at Merrill's high-yield heels

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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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