Financial Adviser Rankings for Bank And Thrift Transactions Announced

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Adviser Deals deal value ($millions) 1 Goldman, Sachs & Co* 8 5,216.70 2 Lazard Freres & Co. 3 3,646.50 3 Montgomery Securities 12 3,592.6** 4 Merrill Lynch 9 2,728.10 5 Salomon Brothers 7 2,628.00 6 J.P. Morgan 6 2,229.00 7 Lehman Brothers 5 2,179.20 8 Wheat First Securities 8 1,541.90 9 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. 10 1,509.8** 10 Alex. Brown & Sons Inc. 10 1,354.60 11 Morgan Stanley & Co. 4 879.9 12 Stifel Nicolaus & Co. 8 867.9 13 Dain Bosworth 2 854.5 14 Robinson-Humphrey 7 839.6** 15 PaineWebber 1 607.9 16 Bear, Stearns & Co. 6 600.2 17 Alex Sheshunoff & Co. 40 562.7 18 Bankers Trust Co. 1 551.7 19 Sandler O'Neill 12 546.6 20 CS First Boston Corp.* 2 544.5 21 Ryan, Beck & Co. 6 471.7 22 McDonald & Co. Securities 7 393.1 23 Baxter Fentriss & Co. 15 375.2 24 Piper, Jaffray 3 365.2 25 Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette 3 361.9 26 Chemical Securities Inc.* 1 331 27 Wertheim Schroder & Co. 2 316.5 28 M.A. Schapiro & Co. 8 312.7 29 Chicago Corp. 6 312.3 30 Hovde Financial Inc. 7 277.8 31 Berwind Financial Group 9 267.6 32 Tucker, Anthony, & RL Day 4 265.5 33 Nesbitt Thomson* 1 246.3 34 Austin Associates Inc. 12 208.6 35 EDS Management Consulting Services 4 182.7 36 RP Financial Inc. 7 178.9 37 Scott & Stringfellow Inc. 9 178.6 38 Professional Bank Services 12 176.5** 39 Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.* 2 157 40 Kaplan Associates 7 154.8 41 Interstate/Johnson Lane* 1 153 42 Kemper Securities Inc. 5 145 43 Crestar Securities 3 144.9 44 Trident Financial Corp.* 6 141.9 45 Danielson Associates 7 141.2 46 Adams Cohen* 1 139.4 47 J.C. Bradford & Co.* 1 137.5 48 Charles Webb & Co. 4 131 49 GRA, Thompson, White & Co. 16 127.9** 50 Hoefer & Arnett Inc. 7 124.5 === *SNL Securities calculation; adviser did not respond to survey. **At least one deal with no deal value Source: SNL Securities

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