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January 13, 2004
For Immediate Release |
Contact:
Kelly O’Neill
800.669.1154 |
Goldman Sachs & Co Tops Financial Advisor Rankings Released By Global Securities Information, Inc.
Global Securities Information, Inc. announces the following financial advisors
finished the year 2003 with the highest total transaction value of mergers
and acquisitions. According to the
rankings, Goldman Sachs & Co’s 79
year-to-date
deals totaled over $201 billion, enough to top Lazard, Freres & Co, LLC, whose 48 deals totaled
almost $143 billion.
Financial Advisor Rankings for Merger and Acquisition Transactions
Completed in 2003
Ranked By Total Transactional Value
| Rank |
Name
of Financial Advisor |
No.
of Deals |
Transaction
Value |
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| 1 |
Goldman Sachs & Co |
79 |
$201,009,286,511 |
| 2 |
Lazard
Freres & Co LLC |
48 |
$142,997,441,430 |
| 3 |
Bear
Stearns & Co Inc |
35 |
$94,355,053,530 |
| 4 |
Morgan
Stanley |
55 |
$84,845,468,662 |
| 5 |
Merrill
Lynch & Co |
48 |
$84,308,212,757 |
| 6 |
J
P Morgan Securities Inc |
54 |
$73,546,951,893 |
| 7 |
Credit
Suisse First Boston |
75 |
$70,217,400,722 |
| 8 |
Lehman
Brothers Inc |
53 |
$47,689,121,110 |
| 9 |
UBS
Investment Bank |
32 |
$38,678,402,128 |
| 10 |
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc |
32 |
$35,917,464,936 |
| 11 |
Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc |
22 |
$31,406,360,854 |
| 12 |
Banc
of America Securities LLC |
38 |
$23,500,963,069 |
| 13 |
Keefe
Bruyette & Woods Inc |
25 |
$22,491,450,198 |
| 14 |
HSBC
Investment Bank |
3 |
$15,358,184,757 |
| 15 |
Rohatyn
Associates LLC |
1 |
$15,342,000,000 |
| 16 |
Salomon
Smith Barney Inc |
19 |
$12,937,047,660 |
| 17 |
Bank One Capital Markets Inc |
2 |
$12,189,369,942 |
| 18 |
Barclays Bank PLC |
1 |
$11,800,000,000 |
| 19 |
BMO
Nesbitt Burns Inc |
6 |
$10,278,460,567 |
| 20 |
Allen & Co |
8 |
$8,664,025,113 |
| 21 |
SG Cowen Securities
Corporation |
11 |
$7,482,429,250 |
| 22 |
BNP Paribas |
3 |
$6,195,538,176 |
| 23 |
Sandler O'Neill |
21 |
$4,964,251,402 |
| 24 |
W Y Campbell & Company |
2 |
$4,871,983,170 |
| 25 |
Stephens
Financial Group |
1 |
$4,725,000,000 |
View these and other rankings on LIVEDGAR’s Mergers & Acquisitions Database. In addition to providing these rankings,
Global Securities Information’s premier SEC research platform, LIVEDGAR, provides the actual source documents upon
which the rankings are based.
Founded in 1988, Global Securities Information is the leading provider of online securities information and research. By specializing
within the securities information sector, GSI offers unmatched breadth, accuracy and currency of relevant information, as well as
personal support services and research assistance. Superior understanding of the underlying information has allowed GSI to develop
award-winning search, alert, and retrieval technology, delivering our expertise to clients on their desktops.
GSI’s clients (attorneys, investment bankers, analysts, librarians, paralegals, reporters and executives) use GSI products and services
to obtain business, financial and competitive information about public companies, public offerings, M&A transactions, private offerings,
individuals and material contracts. Customers include all of the top 100 law firms, over 30 investment banks, each of the “big five”
accounting firms, and the financial and legal media. The GSI website is www.gsionline.com.
The set of transactions consists of all deals registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission that have completion dates that
fall within the specified time period for this report and result in a change in control. The dollar amounts consist of estimated
transaction values as disclosed by the filing party. All deals that have been registered with the SEC have been included, including
international transactions. Only the lead advisor or counsel to the acquiring and target party is credited with the dollar value and
count of each transaction, and each transaction is credited only once. While Global Securities Information has obtained the information
from sources it believes to be reliable, we do not guarantee its accuracy, and such information may be incomplete or condensed.
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