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Top Lead Financial Advisers
        Top Lead Financial Advisers

Primary advisers in domestic bank and thrift merger deals announced in the first nine months excludes hostile/unsolicited bids and terminated deals)
Published October 26, 2001

  Top Lead Financial Advisers

Announced
value
(millions) 

Deals 
1 Merrill Lynch & Co.* $21,437.80 4
2 Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.* (2) 20,969.10 3
3 Goldman, Sachs & Co.* (1) 7,592.00 3
4 Lehman Brothers* 6,452.50 5
5 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. 5,781.40 30
6 Sandler O’Neill & Partners LP 2,516.50 14
7 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Inc. 2,153.30 3
8 Salomon Smith Barney (1) 999.5 3
9 McDonald Investments** 651.3 8
10 Hovde Financial LLC 582.5 6
11 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Equity Capital Markets 526.8 2
12 Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. 478.8 6
13 William Blair & Co. 381 4
14 Dain Rauscher Wessels 352.6 3
15 McConnell, Budd & Romano Inc. 338.8 4
16 Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. 261.3 3
17 Carson Medlin Co. 224.2 5
18 BMO Nesbitt Burns* 219.8 1
19 Baxter Fentriss & Co.* 216.8 4
20 Danielson Associates Inc. 201.1 3
21 Hoefer & Arnett Inc. 146.1 5
22 CIBC World Markets 137.9 1
23 Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc.* 123.9 1
24 RP Financial 118.8 4
25 Putnam Lovell Securities Inc. 114 1
26 FinPro Inc. 105 2
27 Scott & Stringfellow Inc.* 99.5 2
28 Morgan Keegan & Co. 84.4 2
29 D.A. Davidson & Co. 84 3
30 Berwind Financial Group LP 76.7 2
31 Ostrowski & Co. Inc. 74 1
32 Endicott Group* 69.7 2
33 Orr Group* 65.4 2
34 Findley Group* 64.1 1
35 Professional Bank Services Inc.(1) 61.7 5
36 Samco Capital Markets 57.4 4
37 Bank Advisory Group Inc.* 56 2
38 Ragen MacKenzie* 55.1 1
39 Allen C. Ewing & Co. 54.5 1
40 Castle Creek Financial 50.2 2
41 DD&F Consulting Group 49.3 5
42 First Southwest Company 47.3 1
43 Davenport & Co. LLC 43.1 1
44 Howe Barnes Investments Inc. 42.7 1
45 Howard, Lawson & Co. LLC* 37.3 1
46 Janney Montgomery Scott Inc.* 36.8 1
47 Western Financial Corp. 36.6 1
48 Feldman Financial Advisors Inc. 32.5 2
49 Charles T. Meeks Co. Inc. 31.6 1
50 Austin Associates Inc. 30.6 2

* Did not respond to survey
(1) Value not available for at least one deal
** Includes Trident Securities and Wallach Co., subsidiaries of McDonald Investments
(2) Includes Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.

©2001 American Banker
Source: Sheshunoff Information Services (www.sheshunoff.com)


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