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Top Lead Financial Advisers,Ranked by Announced Deal Value, in the First Quarter of 2000

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Top Lead Financial Advisers,Ranked by Announced Deal Value, in the First Quarter of 2000
Top Lead Financial Advisers,
Ranked by Announced Deal Value,
in the First Quarter of 2000

Dollars in millions; excludes terminated deals (Primary Advisers Only)
Published May 5, 2000

Rank 

Firm

Announced Deal Value

Number of Deals

1 Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.

$4,535.2

2
2 Goldman, Sachs & Co. (1)

2,618.6

1
3 Salomon Smith Barney (1)

2,188.0

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

2,130.1

5
5 J.P. Morgan & Company, Inc. (1)

1,916.6

1
6 Merrill Lynch & Co. (1)

1,202.1

1
7 McConnell, Budd & Downes, Inc.

329.6

4
8 RP Financial (2)

318.3

8
9 The Orr Group

303.7

1
10 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

224.4

5
11 Hoefer & Arnett Incorporated

192.0

4
12 Ryan, Beck & Company

186.2

2
13 Advest, Inc.

178.8

1
14 McDonald Investments (3)

140.8

4
15 First Security Van Kasper (1)

131.0

2
16 Garland McPherson & Associates (1)

97.3

1
17 Raymond James & Associates (1)

96.2

2
18 Endicott Group (1)

80.3

1
19 Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.

78.2

2
20 Austin Associates, Inc. (2)

73.6

3
21 Tucker Anthony

68.5

1
22 SAMCO Capital Markets

59.0

2
23 Belle Plaine Financial LLC

45.5

1
24 Baxter Fentriss & Company

44.5

2
25 Capital Resources Group, Inc. (1)

41.6

1
26 Renninger and Associates, LLC (1)

33.4

1
27 The Wallach Company

21.5

1
28 Alex Sheshunoff & Co. (2)

20.4

3
29

Austin Financial Services Inc.

13.4

1

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

12.2

4
31 Southard Financial

10.6

1
32 Chaffe & Associates, Inc.

9.9

1
- National Capital Corporation

9.9

1
34 FinPro, Inc. (1)

7.5

1
35 Carpenter & Company (1)

6.5

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.
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