2004 RANK FIRM SCORE HEADQUARTERS
1 Goldman Sachs 8.432 New York, NY
2 Morgan Stanley 7.901 New York, NY
3 Citigroup’s Global Corporate and Investment Bank 7.436 New York, NY
4 Lehman Brothers 6.993 New York, NY
5 The Blackstone Group 6.971 San Francisco, CA
6 Merrill Lynch 6.942 New York, NY
7 UBS Warburg 6.661 New York, NY*
8 Citigroup 6.609 New York, NY
9 J.P. Morgan Chase 6.578 New York, NY
10 Credit Suisse First Boston 6.574 New York, NY*
11 Deutsche Bank 6.510 New York, NY*
12 Lazard 6.457 New York, NY*
13 Bear Stearns 6.234 New York, NY
14 Bank of America 5.552 Charlotte, NC
15 Banc of America Securities 5.322 New York, NY
16 Rothschild 5.147 New York, NY*
17 Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein 5.027 New York, NY
18 HSBC Holdings plc 4.943 New York, NY*
19 Barclays Capital 4.756 New York, NY*
20 Thomas Weisel Partners 4.569 San Francisco, CA
21 Wachovia 4.507 Charlotte, NC
22 CIBC World Markets 4.442 New York, NY
23 Wells Fargo & Company 4.407 San Francisco, CA
24 ING Group 4.386 New York, NY
25 U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray 4.322 Minneapolis, MN |