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Top Lead Financial Advisers, Ranked by Announced Deal Value (Bank and Thrift Mergers in Q1 2000)

May 05, 2000, 10:08 a.m. EDT 1 Min Read
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Top Lead Financial Advisers, Ranked by Announced Deal Value (Bank and Thrift Mergers in Q1 2000)
Top Lead Financial Advisers, Ranked by
Announced Deal Value
(Bank and Thrift Mergers in Q1 2000)

(Primary Advisers Only; Dollars in Millions; 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 May 5, 2000

Top Lead Financial Advisers - Northeast
Rank

Firm

 Announced Deal Value Number of Deals
1 Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.

$2,618.6

 1
2 Goldman, Sachs & Co. (1)

2,618.6

1
3 Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.

1,952.7

2
4 Salomon Smith Barney (1)

1,884.3

1
5 McConnell, Budd & Downes, Inc.

191.1

4
6 Ryan, Beck & Company

186.2

2
7 Advest, Inc.

178.8

1
8 Garland McPherson & Associates (1)

97.3

1
9 RP Financial

83.6

2
10 Endicott Group (1)

80.3

1
Top Lead Financial Advisers - Southeast
Rank

Firm

 Announced Deal Value Number of Deals
1 Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.

$1,916.6

 1
- J.P. Morgan & Company, Inc. (1)

1,916.6

 1
3 Salomon Smith Barney (1)

303.7

 1
- The Orr Group

303.7

 1
5 Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.

143.5

 2
6 RP Financial

82.8

 2
7 McDonald Investments (3)

77.0

 1
8 SAMCO Capital Markets

44.0

 1
9 Austin Associates, Inc.

40.1

 1
10 Austin Financial Services, Inc.

13.4

 1
Top Lead Financial Advisers - Midwest
Rank

Firm

 Announced Deal Value Number of Deals
1 Merrill Lynch & Co. (1)

$1,202.1

 1
2 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

216.6

4
3 RP Financial (2)

151.9

4
4 McConnell, Budd & Downes, Inc.

138.5

1
5 Raymond James & Associates (1)

96.2

2
6 McDonald Investments (3)

51.8

2
7 Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.

33.8

1
8 Austin Associates, Inc.

33.6

1
9 Renninger and Associates, LLC (1)

33.4

-

Top Lead Financial Advisers - North Central
Rank

Firm

 Announced Deal Value Number of Deals
1 Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.

$32.7

 1
2 GRA, Thompson, White & Co., P.A.

6.1

-
Top Lead Financial Advisers - Southwest
Rank

Firm

 Announced Deal Value Number of Deals
1 Belle Plaine Financial LLC

$45.5

 1
- Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.

45.5

-
Top Lead Financial Advisers - West
Rank

Firm

 Announced Deal Value Number of Deals
1 Hoefer & Arnett Incorporated

$192.0

 4
2 First Security Van Kasper (1)

131.0

 2
3 Baxter Fentriss & Company

44.5

 2
4 The Wallach Company

21.5

 1
5 SAMCO Capital Markets (1)

15.0

 1
6 Carpenter & Company (1)

6.5

 1
7 GRA, Thompson, White & Co., P.A.

6.1

 1
8 Alex Sheshunoff & Co. (2)

-

 2
- Austin Associates, Inc. (2)

-

 1

Source:

Sheshunoff Information Services Inc.
, Austin, Texas, a Thomson Financial Company.
(1) Did not respond to survey.
(2) Value not available for at least one deal.
(3) Includes Trident Securities, a subsidiary of McDonald Investments.
*To be added to the survey list, please call (512) 305-6561, or e-mail at
james.bradshaw@tfn.com

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