UBS Wins Top Slot in Institutional Investor Magazine’s All-Europe Research Team for the Fifth Year Running

New York, NY (PRWEB) February 14, 2006 -- UBS takes first place for the fifth consecutive year in Institutional Investor's annual All-Europe Research Team, the results of which were released today in the magazine’s February 2006 issue. Every year, Institutional Investor magazine surveys investors in European equities to find out which brokerage firm analysts did the best job in a broad range of investment categories. The Swiss bank captures 38 team positions in Institutional Investor’s 2006 All-Europe Research Team, up from 36 positions last year and 30 in 2004. The bank’s ten first-team positions set it clearly ahead of its rivals. Citigroup leapfrogs to second place from fourth, gaining two team positions, to 29, including seven top-ranked teams. Deutsche Bank slips to third place from second; Lehman Brothers climbs to fourth place from seventh; and Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch tie for fifth place. Rounding out the top ten are Morgan Stanley in seventh place, down from fifth; Goldman Sachs International, unchanged in eighth place; Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, down one place in ninth; and J.P. Morgan, unchanged in tenth.

Here are the brokerage firms that won the most positions on Institutional Investor's 2006
All-Europe Research Team:

RANK TEAM POSITIONS
Rank 2005 - Rank 2004 - FIRM -Team Positions 2005-2004

1- 1- UBS- 38-36
2- 4- Citigroup- 29-27
3- 2- Deutsche Bank- 24-31
4- 7- Lehman Brothers- 22-18
5- 6- Credit Suisse- 21-22
5- 3- Merrill Lynch- 21-29
7- 5- Morgan Stanley- 17-23
8- 8- Goldman Sachs International- 12-10
9- 8- Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein- 11-10

The results of Institutional Investor’s 21st annual All-Europe Research Team reflect the opinions of more than 1,700 buy-side analysts and portfolio managers at almost 500 institutions managing an estimated $4.1 trillion in European equities. For a more in-depth look at the All-Europe Research Team, please visit our Web site, www.institutionalinvestor.com.

Contact:
Evan Cooper       
(212) 224-3160       

Liza Shevitz
(212) 224-3623

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