Financial Advisor Rankings For the First Half of 1996

+++ Ranked by Number of Deals

Rank Firm Number

of Deals

1 Alex Sheshunoff & Co. 11

2 Hovde Financial 8

- Professional Bank Services 8

4 Alex. Brown & Sons 7

5 Austin Associates Inc. 6

- Hoefer & Arnett Inc. 6

7 Charles Webb & Co. 5

- Chicago Corp. 1 5

- Columbia Financial Advisors 5

- Merrill Lynch 5

- Sandler O'Neill 5

- Scott & Stringfellow Inc. 5

13 Belle Plaine Partners Inc. 4

- Berwind Financial Group 4

- Carson Medlin Co. 4

- Crowe Chizek & Co. 4

- Goldman, Sachs & Co. 4

- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 4

- McConnell, Budd & Downes Inc 4

- Montgomery Securities 4

- Piper, Jaffray 4

- Prairie Capital Services Inc 4

- Robert W. Baird & Co. 4

- RP Financial Inc. 4

- Ryan, Beck & Co. 4

26 Baxter Fentriss and Co. 3

- Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & 3

- KPMG Peat Marwick 1 3

- McDonald & Co. Securities 1 3 ===

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