Top Lead Financial Advisers,Ranked by Number of Transactions in the First Quarter of 2000

May 05, 2000, 10:08 a.m. EDT 1 Min Read

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Top Lead Financial Advisers, Ranked by Number of Transactions in the First Quarter of 2000
Dollars in millions; excludes terminated deals (Primary Advisers Only) Published May 5, 2000

Rank	Firm	Number of Deals	Announced Deal Value
1	RP Financial (2)	8	$318.3
2	Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P.	5	2,130.1
-	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.	5	224.4
4	McConnell, Budd & Downes, Inc.	4	329.6
-	Hoefer & Arnett Incorporated	4	192.0
-	McDonald Investments (3)	4	140.8
-	GRA, Thompson, White & Co., P.A.	4	12.2
8	Austin Associates, Inc. (2)	3	73.6
-	Alex Sheshunoff & Co. (2)	3	20.4
10	Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.	2	4,535.2
-	Salomon Smith Barney (1)	2	2,188.0
-	Ryan, Beck & Company	2	186.2
-	First Security Van Kasper (1)	2	131.0
-	Raymond James & Associates (1)	2	96.2
-	Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.	2	78.2
-	SAMCO Capital Markets	2	59.0
-	Baxter Fentriss & Company	2	44.5
18	Goldman, Sachs & Co. (1)	1	2,618.6
-	J.P. Morgan & Company, Inc. (1)	1	1,916.6
-	Merrill Lynch & Co. (1)	1	1,202.1
-	The Orr Group	1	303.7
-	Advest, Inc.	1	178.8
-	Garland McPherson & Associates (1)	1	97.3
-	Endicott Group (1)	1	80.3
-	Tucker Anthony	1	68.5
-	Belle Plaine Financial LLC	1	45.5
-	Capital Resources Group, Inc. (1)	1	41.6
-	Renninger and Associates, LLC (1)	1	33.4
-	The Wallach Company	1	21.5
-	Austin Financial Services Inc.	1	13.4
-	Southard Financial	1	10.6
-	Chaffe & Associates, Inc.	1	9.9
-	National Capital Corporation	1	9.9
-	FinPro, Inc. (1)	1	7.5
-	Carpenter & Company (1)	1	6.5

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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