Poll of Poll full results: Advisory

Overall 2006 2005 Bank Score 1 1 Citigroup 199.55 2 3 Deutsche Bank 155.66 3 2 JPMorgan Chase 137.96 4 6 UBS 128.05 5 5 Morgan Stanley 116.04 6 12 Merrill Lynch 107.62 7 4 Goldman Sachs 101.75 8 7 HSBC 101.22 9 11 Lehman Brothers 84.16 10 10 Credit Suisse 74.10 11 13 Dresdner […]

Overall
2006 2005 Bank Score
1 1 Citigroup 199.55
2 3 Deutsche Bank 155.66
3 2 JPMorgan Chase 137.96
4 6 UBS 128.05
5 5 Morgan Stanley 116.04
6 12 Merrill Lynch 107.62
7 4 Goldman Sachs 101.75
8 7 HSBC 101.22
9 11 Lehman Brothers 84.16
10 10 Credit Suisse 74.10
11 13 Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 70.88
12 8 BNP Paribas 70.86
13 9 Barclays Capital 66.91
14 14 ABN Amro 55.24
15 15 RBS 43.78
16 18 Lazard 42.93
17 19 Société Générale 35.45
18 38 Nomura 28.45
19 16 Bank of America 27.79
20 22 HVB 23.97
21 20 Standard Chartered 18.65
22 21 Calyon 11.41
23 25 Royal Bank of Canada 10.89
24 28 Nordea 9.85
25 23 LCF Rothschild 9.68
26 34 ING 9.10
27 17 Bear Stearns 8.47
28 70 KPMG Corporate Finance 8.44
29 29 Fortis 7.83
30 44 Bank of Nova Scotia 6.84
31 33 SEB 6.25
32 24 Santander 5.53
33 57 Daiwa Securities 5.13
34 62 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 4.72
35 — PricewaterhouseCoopers 4.68
36 27 Commerzbank 4.34
37 52 Mizuho Financial 4.06
38 35 CIBC 3.92
39 — Peter J Solomon 3.62
40 101 Wachovia 3.48
41 77 KBC 3.46
42 48= ANZ 3.40
43 — Mediobanca 3.38
44 36 Evercore Partners 3.35
45 54= TD Bank Financial 3.31
46 65 Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin 3.30
47 58 DBS 3.13
48 31 Saxo Bank 2.91
49 54= Danske Bank 2.65
50 — GCA 2.49
51 100 Svenska Handelsbanken 2.47
52 43 BBVA 2.44
53 71 Westpac Banking Corporation 2.40
54 73= BMO Financial 2.34
55 45 Standard Bank 2.33
56 — UniCredit Banca Mobiliare 2.20
57= — MCC 2.16
57= — Banca Intesa 2.16
59 86 Petrie Parkman & Co 2.13
60 69 Petercam 2.03
61= — Raymond James & Associates 2.00
61= 61 Deloitte & Touche 2.00
63 — Greenhill & Co 1.99
64 — Blackstone 1.97
65 — Duff & Phelps Securities 1.81
66= 87 Zurich Cantonalbank 1.80
66= 30 AIG Financial Products 1.80
68 83 American Express 1.79
69 64 Bank of New York 1.56
70 50 State Street 1.54
71 — Ernst & Young 1.47
72 — Carnegie Wylie & Co 1.43
73 42 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 1.42
74 94= RZB 1.39
75 60 National Australia Bank 1.38
76 — Grant Samuel & Associates 1.36
77 59 Lloyds TSB Capital Markets 1.30
78 93 Allied Irish Banks 1.29
79 — Gleacher Partners 1.12
80 — GMP Capital 1.06
81 68 WestLB 0.91
82 53 Macquarie 0.89
83 56 Rabobank 0.87
84 73= BayernLB 0.83
85 — Stephens 0.82
86= 128= Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG 0.81
86= 110= Brown Brothers Harriman 0.81
86= — William Blair & Co 0.81
89= — ABSA 0.79
89= — Jefferies & Co 0.79
91 — Banca IMI 0.78
92 81 Wells Fargo 0.72
93= — Henry Ansbacher & Co 0.70
93= — Opstock Corporate Finance Oy 0.70
95 — Carnegie Financial 0.69
96 66 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.68
97 107= Bank of Ireland 0.66
98= — Dis Yatirim Menkul Degerler 0.64
98= — Piper Jaffray & Co 0.64
100 90= Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) 0.62
101 — Thomas Weisel Partners 0.61
102= — Swedbank Markets 0.60
102= — Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell 0.60
102= 178= Natexis Banques Populaires 0.60
105 — Kaupthing Bank hf 0.58
106= — Gresham Partners 0.56
106= 47 Cazenove 0.56
108= — Relational Advisors 0.53
108= 134= Alpha Credit Bank 0.53
110 — IBI Corporate Finance 0.52
111 — DRA Advisors 0.51
112= — Allen & Co 0.50
112= — Bucephale Finance 0.50
114 — Korea Development Bank – KDB 0.49
115 40 DZ Bank 0.46
116 — Lonergan Edwards & Associates 0.44
117 72 Mellon Financial Corporation 0.42
118 — Numis Securities 0.41
119= 39 Sandler O’Neill & Partners 0.40
119= 75 Den norske Bank 0.40
119= — Robert W Baird & Co 0.40
122 — CIMB 0.39
123= 109 BCV 0.36
123= — GB & Partners Sarl 0.36
125= — Orion Securities 0.35
125= 99 Bank Leu 0.35
127 — Genuity Capital Markets 0.34
128 104 Banca del Gottardo 0.33
129 178= HBOS 0.32
130= 96= Heleba 0.31
130= — Eurohypo Bank 0.31
132 — FirstEnergy Capital 0.30
133= — Collins Stewart 0.29
133= 84= METZLER Corporate Finance 0.29
133= 78 Close Brothers Corporate Finance 0.29
136 121= UOB 0.28
137 131= Bank of China 0.26
138= 112= Julius Baer 0.22
138= — Bank Hapoalim 0.22
138= 148= Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro (BNL) 0.22
141 114= San Paolo IMI 0.20
142 48= Dexia BIL 0.16
143= — Sal. Oppenheim 0.11
143= 123= Northern Trust 0.11
145 138= WGZ-Bank 0.07
146= 96= Saudi Hollandi Bank 0.06
146= 67 Saudi British Bank 0.06
148 76 SAMBA Financial 0.04
149 171= Reuters Dealing 3000 Direct 0.03
FX research
2006 2005 Bank Score
1 7 HSBC 97.85
2 1 Citigroup 90.78
3 3 Deutsche Bank 85.80
4 6 UBS 53.90
5 2 JPMorgan Chase 38.58
6 14 ABN Amro 30.92
7 9 Barclays Capital 25.72
8 16 Bank of America 19.20
9 20 Standard Chartered 18.65
10 4 Goldman Sachs 17.88
11 13 Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 17.21
12 8 BNP Paribas 16.56
13 15 RBS 16.16
14 10 Credit Suisse 11.00
15 5 Morgan Stanley 10.59
16 25 Royal Bank of Canada 10.37
17 12 Merrill Lynch 7.96
18 21 Calyon 7.85
19 11 Lehman Brothers 6.07
20 19 Société Générale 5.75
21 44 Bank of Nova Scotia 4.60
22 27 Commerzbank 4.34
23 33 SEB 4.08
24 24 Santander 3.63
25= 34 ING 3.46
25= 28 Nordea 3.46
27 49 ANZ 3.40
28 58 DBS 3.13
29= 31 Saxo Bank 2.91
29= 62 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 2.91
31 22 HVB 2.87
32 29 Fortis 2.72
33 55 Danske Bank 2.65
34 35 CIBC 2.54
35 52 Mizuho Financial 2.52
36 71 Westpac Banking Corporation 2.40
37 43 BBVA 2.06
38 45 Standard Bank 2.03
39 54 TD Bank Financial 1.84
40= 87 Zurich Cantonalbank 1.80
40= 30 AIG Financial Products 1.80
42 83 American Express 1.79
43 64 Bank of New York 1.56
44 50 State Street 1.54
45 42 Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 1.42
46 73 BMO Financial 1.40
47 60 National Australia Bank 1.38
48 59 Lloyds TSB Capital Markets 1.30
49= 93 Allied Irish Banks 1.29
49= 101 Wachovia 1.29
51 77 KBC 1.28
52 17 Bear Stearns 1.11
53 94= RZB 1.09
54= 100 Svenska Handelsbanken 0.91
54= 68 WestLB 0.91
56 56 Rabobank 0.87
57 74 BayernLB 0.83
58 110= Brown Brothers Harriman 0.81
59 81 Wells Fargo 0.72
60 66 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.68
61 107= Bank of Ireland 0.66
62 91 Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) 0.62
63 178= Natexis Banques Populaires 0.60
64 134= Alpha Credit Bank 0.53
65 40 DZ Bank 0.46
66 72 Mellon Financial Corporation 0.42
67 75 Den norske Bank 0.40
68 109 BCV 0.36
69 99 Bank Leu 0.35
70 104 Banca del Gottardo 0.33
71 178= HBOS 0.32
72 96 Heleba 0.31
73 121= UOB 0.28
74 131= Bank of China 0.26
75= 112= Julius Baer 0.22
75= — Bank Hapoalim 0.22
75= 148= Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro (BNL) 0.22
78 114 San Paolo IMI 0.20
79 128= Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG 0.17
80 48 Dexia BIL 0.16
81 53 Macquarie 0.13
82= — Sal. Oppenheim 0.11
82= 123= Northern Trust 0.11
84 138= WGZ-Bank 0.07
85= 97 Saudi Hollandi Bank 0.06
85= 67 Saudi British Bank 0.06
87 76 SAMBA Financial 0.04
88 171= Reuters Dealing 3000 Direct 0.03
Credit research
2006 2005 Bank Score
1 1 Citigroup 60.30
2 8 BNP Paribas 50.45
3 3 Deutsche Bank 47.40
4 2 JPMorgan Chase 44.25
5 13 Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 43.83
6 5 Morgan Stanley 40.68
7 9 Barclays Capital 39.74
8 6 UBS 39.34
9 11 Lehman Brothers 31.05
10 10 Credit Suisse 30.67
11 19 Société Générale 28.45
12 15 RBS 27.62
13 12 Merrill Lynch 27.09
14= 14 ABN Amro 19.55
14= 22 HVB 19.55
16 29 Fortis 5.11
17 4 Goldman Sachs 3.87
18 30= ING 3.33
19 28 Nordea 2.90
20 16 Bank of America 1.81
M&A
2006 2005 Bank Score
1 4 Goldman Sachs 80.00
2 12 Merrill Lynch 72.57
3 5 Morgan Stanley 64.78
4 2 JPMorgan Chase 55.14
5 1 Citigroup 48.47
6 11 Lehman Brothers 47.04
7 18 Lazard 42.93
8 6 UBS 34.81
9 10 Credit Suisse 32.43
10 38 Nomura 28.45
11 3 Deutsche Bank 22.46
12 13 Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 9.85
13 23 LCF Rothschild 9.68
14 70 KPMG Corporate Finance 8.44
15 17 Bear Stearns 7.36
16 16 Bank of America 6.78
17 57 Daiwa Securities 5.13
18 14 ABN Amro 4.77
19 — PricewaterhouseCoopers 4.68
20 8 BNP Paribas 3.85
21 — Peter J Solomon 3.62
22 21 Calyon 3.56
23 28 Nordea 3.50
24 — Mediobanca 3.38
25 7 HSBC 3.36
26 36 Evercore Partners 3.35
27 65 Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin 3.30
28 — GCA 2.49
29 33= ING 2.31
30 40= Bank of Nova Scotia 2.24
31 — UniCredit Banca Mobiliare 2.20
32 90= Wachovia 2.19
33= 71= KBC 2.17
33= 33= SEB 2.17
35= — Banca Intesa 2.16
35= — MCC 2.16
37 86 Petrie Parkman & Co 2.13
38 69 Petercam 2.03
39= — Raymond James & Associates 2.00
39= 61 Deloitte & Touche 2.00
41 — Greenhill & Co 1.99
42 — Blackstone 1.97
43 24= Santander 1.90
44= — Duff & Phelps Securities 1.81
44= 62 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 1.81
46= 22 HVB 1.56
46= 90= Svenska Handelsbanken 1.56
48 48= Mizuho Financial 1.54
49= 54= TD Bank Financial 1.47
49= — Ernst & Young 1.47
51 9 Barclays Capital 1.45
52 — Carnegie Wylie & Co 1.43
53 35 CIBC 1.38
54 — Grant Samuel & Associates 1.36
55 19 Société Générale 1.24
56 — Gleacher Partners 1.12
57 — GMP Capital 1.06
58 71= BMO Financial 0.94
59 — Stephens 0.82
60 — William Blair & Co 0.81
61= — ABSA 0.79
61= — Jefferies & Co 0.79
63 — Banca IMI 0.78
64 53 Macquarie 0.76
65= — Henry Ansbacher & Co 0.70
65= — Opstock Corporate Finance Oy 0.70
67 — Carnegie Financial 0.69
68= — Dis Yatirim Menkul Degerler 0.64
68= 90= Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG 0.64
68= — Piper Jaffray & Co 0.64
71 — Thomas Weisel Partners 0.61
72= — Swedbank Markets 0.60
72= — Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell 0.60
74 — Kaupthing Bank hf 0.58
75= — Gresham Partners 0.56
75= 47 Cazenove 0.56
77 — Relational Advisors 0.53
78= 24= Royal Bank of Canada 0.52
78= — IBI Corporate Finance 0.52
80 — DRA Advisors 0.51
81= — Allen & Co 0.50
81= — Bucephale Finance 0.50
83 — Korea Development Bank – KDB 0.49
84 — Lonergan Edwards & Associates 0.44
85 — Numis Securities 0.41
86= 39 Sandler O’Neill & Partners 0.40
86= — Robert W Baird & Co 0.40
88 — CIMB 0.39
89 40= BBVA 0.38
90 — GB & Partners Sarl 0.36
91 — Orion Securities 0.35
92 — Genuity Capital Markets 0.34
93 — Eurohypo Bank 0.31
94= — FirstEnergy Capital 0.30
94= 90= RZB 0.30
96= — Collins Stewart 0.29
96= 84 METZLER Corporate Finance 0.29
96= 40= Standard Bank 0.29
96= 78 Close Brothers Corporate Finance 0.29