The leading firms: Asia (ex-Japan) sales

Institutional Investor today released the results of its Best Overall Generalist Sales Force rankings in 2006. Of 23 firms ranked, UBS maintains its strong first place finish, while Deutsche Bank remains second. CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets advances to third place, while Goldman Sachs (Asia) improves from sixth to fourth. Citigroup makes a strong move from ninth to sixth position.

The Asia (ex-Japan) Sales Team rankings are derived from the annual All-Asia (ex-Japan) Research Team survey. The sales portion of the survey also provides rankings across ten sales performance attributes and 11 country categories.

To determine the Overall Best Generalist Sales Force, Institutional Investor surveyed Portfolio Managers, Buy-Side Analysts, Directors of Research, Chief Investment Officers and other investment management individuals at firms that manage Asian (ex-Japan) equities. This year’s survey is based on the opinions of individuals at 255 firms both in Asia and abroad. Individuals were asked to rank up to eight companies for the Best Overall Generalist Sales Force and for each of the ten sales performance attributes. In addition, they were asked to rank up to four companies for 11 country categories.

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The leading firms*: Asia (ex-Japan) sales

2006

Rank

Firm

1

UBS

2

Deutsche Bank

3

CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets

4

Goldman Sachs (Asia)

5

Credit Suisse

6

Citigroup

7

J.P. Morgan Securities

8

Merrill Lynch

9

Morgan Stanley

10

Macquarie Securities Asia

11

ABN Amro Asia

12

BNP Paribas Peregrine

13

Lehman Brothers Asia

14

Nomura Asian Equity Research

15

HSBC Securities