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Top Financial Advisers by Region (FY 1999)

Top Financial Advisers by Region (FY 1999)

Bank and thrift mergers in 1999; Ranked by announced deal value, excluding terminated deals. Regional breakdown: Northeast: CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI and VT. Southeast: MD, DE, DC, GA, FL, NC, SC, TN, MS, AL, KY, VA, WV and PR. Midwest: OH, MI, IN, IL and WI. North Central: IA, MN, KS, MO, NE, SD and ND. Southwest: AR, LA, OK, TX, NM and CO. West: CA, NV, AZ, UT, OR, WA, MT, ID, AK and HI.
Published February 7, 2000

Northeast - Top Financial Advisers (FY 1999)

Rank

Firm

Deal value
($ in millions)

Number
of deals

1

Goldman, Sachs & Co. (1) $29,199.0

5

2

Merrill Lynch & Co. 26,549.7

6

3

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities 16,964.4

3

4

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co 16,018.2

1

5

J.P. Morgan Securities 9,850.0

1

6

Fox-Pitt, Kelton (1) 1,706.5

2

7

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. (3) 1,562.3

8

8

Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. 1,551.9

1

9

Sandler O. Neill & Partners LP 1,292.9

5

10

Northeast Capital & Advisory Inc. 593.6

1


North Central - Top Financial Advisers (FY 1999)

Rank

Firm

Deal value
($ in millions)

Number
of deals

1

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co (2) $10,687.3

2

-

Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. 10,687.3

1

-

Donaldson Lufkin, & Jenrette Securities 10,687.3

1

4

Sandler O. Neill & Partners LP 89.1

1

5

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. 70.8

2

6

Manchester Partners 62.8

2

7

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. (3) 46.2

2

8

GRA, Thompson, White & Co., P.A. 41.2

7

9

Alex Sheshunoff & Co. 37.0

1

-

Southard Financial 37.0

1


Southeast - Top Financial Advisers (FY 1999)

Rank

Firm

Deal value
($ in millions)

Number
of deals

1

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities $6,966.6

2

2

Merrill Lynch & Co. 6,328.2

1

3

BancBoston Robertson Stephens (1) 1,794.5

1

-

Goldman, Sachs & Co. (1) 1,794.5

1

5

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. (3) 1,388.1

5

6

Wheat First Securities 954.2

5

7

Brown, Burke Capital Partners Inc. 762.6

3

8

Sandler O. Neill & Partners LP 491.8

1

9

Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. 411.6

1

10

McDonald Investments (4) 334.9

10


West - Top Financial Advisers (FY 1999)

Rank

Firm

Deal value
($ in millions)

Number
of deals

1

Goldman, Sachs & Co. (1) $5,764.9

1

2

J.P. Morgan Securities 5,764.9

1

3

Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. 1,195.8

3

4

Belle Plaine Financial LLC 1,012.8

2

5

CIBC World Markets 906.6

1

6

Banc of America Securities 650.7

3

7

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. (3) 544.3

4

8

Hovde Financial LLC 439.7

7

9

First Security Van Kasper 418.8

8

10

William Blair and Co. (1) 309.7

1


Midwest - Top Financial Advisers (FY 1999)

Rank

Firm

Deal value
($ in millions)

Number
of deals

1

Salomon Smith Barney $3,500.4

2

2

Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities 2,535.8

2

3

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. (2) (3) 1,298.4

10

4

Merrill Lynch & Co. 1,207.4

1

5

McDonald Investments (2) (4) 1,042.5

11

6

Hovde Financial LLC 1,021.1

3

7

Sandler O. Neill & Partners LP 713.9

3

8

Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. 393.6

1

9

Danielson Associates Inc. 306.6

1

10

McConnell, Budd & Downes Inc. 268.7

2


Southwest - Top Financial Advisers (FY 1999)

Rank

Firm

Deal value
($ in millions)

Number
of deals

1

Hovde Financial LLC $541.7

7

2

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. (3) 252.1

2

3

Bank Advisory Group Inc. (1) 205.7

4

4

Hoefer & Arnett Inc. (2) 166.4

8

5

SAMCO Capital Markets 129.9

6

6

First Capital Group LLC 89.0

1

7

U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray 82.7

1

8

Alex Sheshunoff & Co. 73.5

3

9

Stephens Inc. (1) 42.3

1

10

First Southwest Co. (1) 34.0

1

Regional breakdown: Northeast: CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI and VT. Southeast: MD, DE, DC, GA, FL, NC, SC, TN, MS, AL, KY, VA, WV and PR. Midwest: OH, MI, IN, IL and WI. North Central: IA, MN, KS, MO, NE, SD and ND. Southwest: AR, LA, OK, TX, NM and CO. West: CA, NV, AZ, UT, OR, WA, MT, ID, AK and HI. Source: Sheshunoff Information Services Inc., Austin, Tex., a Thomson Financial company. (1) Did not respond to survey. (2) Value not available for at least one deal. (3) Includes Charles Webb & Co., a subsidiary of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. (4) Includes Trident Securities, a subsidiary of McDonald Investments.
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