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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 half of 2006*
Published August 15, 2006
Ranked by value of deals Deal value (millions) Deals
1 Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. $35,737.70 3
2 Lehman Brothers Inc. 25,770.20 2
3 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc.1 19,153.00 26
4 Sandler O’Neill & Partners LP1 17,948.70 29
5 Goldman, Sachs & Co. 15,052.90 5
6 JPMorgan Securities Inc. 14,826.80 2
7 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 14,567.80 1
8 Morgan Stanley 2,822.30 3
9 Credit Suisse USA Inc. 1,474.00 2
10 UBS Investment Bank 1,033.50 1
11 Castle Creek Financial LLC 897.5 4
12 Hovde Financial LLC1 748.7 14
13 Burke Capital Group LLC 411.4 5
14 Hoefer & Arnett Inc.1 370.3 3
15 Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. 329.6 1
16 RP Financial LC1 231 4
17 Ryan Beck & Co. Inc. 206.8 4
18 D.A. Davidson & Co. 202 4
19 RBC Capital Markets Corp. 186.2 2
20 Carpenter & Co. 175.0 1
21 MG Advisors Inc. 172.5 1
22 Howe Barnes Investments Inc. 170.9 5
23 Southard Financial 149 2
24 BB&T Capital Markets 143.8 1
25 Raymond James & Associates Inc. 140.8 3
26 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 138.3 4
27 Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. Inc. 133.4 1
28 Alex Sheshunoff & Co. Investment Banking LP 120.6 3
29 Samco Capital Markets1 118.1 3
30 Allen & Co. LLC 98.6 1
31 FIG Partners LLC 96.6 1
32 St. Charles Capital LLC1 83 2
33 Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc. 80.9 1
34 DD&F Consulting Group 79.2 2
35 Smith Capital Inc. 73.9 2
36 Austin Associates LLC 69.2 2
37 Feldman Financial Advisors Inc. 65 1
38 Anderson & Strudwick Inc. 36.8 2
39 Carson Medlin Co. 35.1 1
40 Professional Bank Services Inc. 30 1
41 Donnelly Penman & Partners 29.3 1
42 Danielson Associates Inc.1 28.8 2
FinPro Inc. 28.8 1
44 Davenport & Co. LLC 28.7 1
45 Prairie Capital Services Inc. 24 1
46 Griffin Financial Group LLC 23.5 1
47 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Capital Markets 22 1
48 Sterne, Agee & Leach Inc. 20.8 1
49 Bank Advisory Group LLC 16.8 1
50 Northeast Capital & Advisory Inc. 16.7 1
51 McKinnon & Co. Inc. 16.6 1
52 Renninger & Associates LLC 11.3 1
53 Gerrish McCreary Smith Consultants and Attorneys1 9 2
McAdams Wright Ragen Inc. 9 1
55 Stevens & Co. 6.1 1
56 Capital Corp. LLC1 - 1
Colonial Capital Partners LLC1 - 1

1 Deal value not available for at least one transaction.

* Excludes hostile/unsolicited and terminal transactions.

Source: SNL Financial, Charlottesville, Va. (www.snl.com)

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