Nasdaq Trading

Top investment managers and brokerages, benchmarked against volume-weighted average price

Nasdaq Trading

Top investment managers and brokerages, benchmarked against volume-weighted average price
Rank 1 Investment manager 2 Difference vs. E/M universe (basis points)
1 Goldman Sachs Asset Mgmt 12.9
2 Jacobs Levy Equity Mgmt 12.7
3 Capital Guardian Trust Co. 9.4
4 Franklin Templeton Investments 9
5 Barclays Global Investors 8.8
6 Jennison Associates 8.6
7 Gamco Investors 7.5
8 Independence Capital Mgmt 7.4
9 GMO 6.9
10 AllianceBernstein 6.7
11 First Quadrant 5.9
12 Baillie Gifford & Co. 3.7
13 Deutsche Asset Mgmt 3.5
14 Delaware Investments 2.1
15 JPMorgan Asset Mgmt 2
Rank 1 Brokerage firm 3 Difference vs. E/M universe (basis points)
1 EdgeTrade 4 14.6
2 Fox River Execution Technology 14.1
3 Investment Technology Group 8.5
4 Morgan Stanley 7.5
5 UBS Securities 5.9
6 Merrill Lynch & Co. 4.8
7 Instinet 4.6
8 Liquidnet 4.1
9 Goldman, Sachs & Co. 4
10 Lehman Brothers 5 3.3
11 6 Citigroup 3.2
12 6 Credit Suisse 3.2
13 Deutschenk 2.9
14 Banc of America Securities 2.2
15 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.9



Top brokerages, benchmarked against arrival price
Rank 1 Brokerage firm 7 Difference vs. E/M universe (basis points)
1 Morgan Stanley 35.9
2 Kellogg Partners 35.7
3 BNY ConvergEx Group 27.9
4 Guzman & Co. 22.5
5 EdgeTrade 4 17.9
6 Fox River Execution Technology 16.6
7 Pipeline Trading Systems 13
8 Merrill Lynch & Co. 11.7
9 BTIG 9.4
10 UBS Securities 3.5



1 Rank is for 12 months ended June 30.
2 Includes managers with greater than $1 billion in principal traded.
3 Includes brokerages with greater than $3 billion in principal traded.
4 EdgeTrade was acquired by Knight Capital Group in January.
5 Lehman Brothers Holdings filed fornkruptcy protection in September, after the study was completed.
6 Order determined by results before rounding.
7 Includes brokerages with greater than $500 million in principal traded.
Source: Elkins/McSherry.

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