Kings Of The Markets - Top 30 Firms
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Well, 12 months on, and the financial landscape has changed again. So we thought that we'd have another look at the Top 30.
The following list is based on our current estimates on the following:
1. Job security
2. Job satisfaction / staff morale
3. Financial performance
4. Financial strength
5. Compensation
6. Reliance (or otherwise) on state aid
Interestingly, last year's No 1 & 2 (BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors) came together in a $13.5bn deal announced last week:
Here's the Top 30 (last year's ranking in brackets)
1(1). BlackRock (inc BGI)
2(58). PIMCO
3(31). Goldman Sachs
4(108). JPMorgan
5(51). Deutsche Bank
6(6). Nomura
7(20). Barclays Capital
8(111). Morgan Stanley
9(17). Royal Bank of Canada
10(77). Credit Suisse
11(22). Standard Bank
12(65).Wells Fargo
13(98). Standard Chartered
14(75). Houlihan Lokey
15(5). Macquarie
16(106 / 112). Bank of America / Merrill Lynch
17(4). Renaissance Technologies
18(56). ICAP
19(60). Man Group
20(72). Northern Trust
21(96). Aberdeen Asset Management
22(9). BNP Paribas
23(102). Bank of New York Mellon
24(12). State Street
25(63). Barclays Wealth
26(82). Jefferies & Co
27(49). Citadel Investments
28(35). Lazard
29(11). Societe Generale
30(15). Schroders
Firms falling out of the Top 30 include:
Och-Ziff Capital Management, KBC Group, Apollo Capital Partners, Fortis & Rabobank
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