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CoreBrand's 'Brand Power' Scores

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CoreBrand's 'Brand Power' Scores

CoreBrand's 'Brand Power' ScoresResults reflect executives' familiarity with and impression of financial firms
Published October 16, 2007

1Q '07 1Q '06 1Q '05
American Express 78.6 78.0 74.6
Visa 72.5 71.2 66.9
MasterCard 71.3 69.0 64.0
J.P. Morgan Chase 58.9 54.8 49.4
Ernst & Young 52.0 53.1 58.2
Bank of America 51.5 48.7 49.5
Capital One Financial 50.6 49.1 47.8
H&R Block 49.9 49.6 50.2
Bank One 48.6 45.3 42.9
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) 45.9 39.1 41.1
Smith Barney 41.7 40.7 30.3
Wells Fargo 41.2 45.8 50.8
Transamerica 40.1 37.3 30.0
Bank of New York 37.5 33.8 33.0
Wachovia 37.4 36.3 35.6
Citigroup 34.9 36.3 36.9
Fidelity Investments (FMR Corp.) 34.0 34.0 39.0
Marsh & McLennan 33.0 34.6 29.0
NASDAQ 32.1 28.9 29.6
Oppenheimer Holdings 30.1 32.2 34.0
Goldman Sachs 26.9 30.0 35.0
PricewaterhouseCoopers 26.4 31.4 34.2
Janus Capital Group 26.2 27.9 32.4
Deloitte & Touche 25.5 29.0 37.0
Fannie Mae 24.6 24.3 24.9
Sallie Mae (SLM Corporation) 24.5 21.0 20.0
Sovereign Bancorp 24.2 23.0 25.2
T. Rowe Price 23.6 23.8 26.6
Nationwide Financial Services 23.2 26.0 27.5
Citizens Financial 21.7 23.9 26.9
MBNA 21.2 24.1 26.9
Freddie Mac 21.1 19.7 22.6
UBS 21.0 28.6 32.1
Washington Mutual 20.7 20.5 22.9
FleetBoston Financial 20.4 22.9 24.9
Putnam 20.0 24.4 24.6
Conseco 19.9 22.6 26.7
Providian Financial 19.9 22.0 22.4
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 19.8 21.7 27.8
SunTrust Banks 19.8 23.2 25.2
Equifax 19.3 19.7 22.6
U.S. Bancorp 19.0 23.7 26.6
Mellon Financial 18.5 21.5 25.1
Deutsche Bank 18.1 22.4 23.9
CIT Group 16.8 17.4 21.3
Pioneer Investment Management 16.5 12.7 13.4
HSBC USA 16.2 17.0 16.7
Comerica 14.5 17.5 20.2
KeyBank 14.3 18.5 19.4
AIG SunAmerica 14.1 17.9 17.8
Fifth Third Bancorp 13.3 14.9 17.8
PNC Financial Services 13.3 15.0 14.2
Unitrin 13.3 15.5 15.1
Staubach Company 13.0 15.4 17.4
KPMG 12.6 16.3 20.7
Advanta Corporation 11.9 15.2 15.0
Barclays 11.7 11.9 12.2
AON CORPORATION 11.1 14.3 16.9
KeyCorp 10.9 16.2 16.4
HSBC Holdings 10.8 10.7 11.3
Cendant 10.8 14.8 14.7
National City 10.7 11.7 13.0
Equitable of Iowa 10.6 11.6 13.0
Countrywide Financial 10.2 7.7 9.5
TIAA-CREF 10.2 15.1 16.7
MBIA 10.1 12.5 12.9
Sun Life Financial 10.1 14.0 16.0
Northern Trust 10.0 11.4 13.9
SouthTrust 9.9 12.4 13.0
AIG (American International Group) 9.8 9.3 10.8
AmSouth Bancorp 9.5 11.3 13.7
AMERICAN GENERAL CORPORATION 8.5 9.1 12.1
Huntington Bancshares 7.9 8.0 12.0
USAA 6.9 9.2 9.5
Ambac Financial 6.7 10.5 9.8
American Century Investment 6.6 7.1 9.4
Household International 6.4 6.1 7.8
Principal Financial 6.3 6.8 7.1
MFS Massachusetts Financial Services 6.1 6.6 7.8
BB&T 6.1 7.1 5.5
American Funds Group 6.0 7.4 8.9
MGIC Investment 5.3 8.4 9.4
Bank of Hawaii 4.4 3.8 4.3
Regions Financial 4.3 5.6 6.9
Franklin Resources 4.0 4.3 4.9
State Street 4.0 3.6 7.1
Dresdner Bank 3.9 4.7 4.1
AXA Financial 3.7 5.1 6.9
Golden West Financial 2.8 2.9 2.5
PartnerRe 2.4 3.8 5.0


Note: Brand power measures name recognition, plus reputation, management, and investment potential.
Source: Corporate Branding LLC


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