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Subscribe to our Markets Research Equity, Trade and Research#1 Equity Sales – 9th year running
#1 Corporate access – 9th year running
#1 Equity Dealing – 8th year running
#1 General Retailers
#1 Platinum &Precious Metals
#1 Investment Strategy
#1 International Equities
#1 Economic Analysis (International)
#1 Hotel, Travel & Leisure
#2 Overall research firm
#2 Administration efficiency
#2 Execution: Fixed Income Securities
#2 Gold Mining
#2 General Mining
#2 Forestry and Paper
#2 Industrial Metals
#2 Resources Small & Medium market cap companies
#2 Health-care Providers & Pharmaceuticals
#2 Luxury Goods
#2 Household Goods Retailers
#2 Commodities
#2 Credit Analysis (RMB)
#3 Oil, Gas and Chemicals
#3 Construction Building and Materials
#3 Banks – James Starke
#3 General Financial – James Starke and Unam Njikelana
#3 Insurance
#3 Beverages and Tobacco
#3 Food Producers
#3 Investment Companies
#3 Economic Analysis (Domestic)
#3 Political Analysis
Top 3 Credit Analysis
Top 3 Execution: Fixed Interest Securities
#1 Overall Equity Research
#1 Equity Sales – 8th year running
1 Equities Dealing – 7th year running
#1 Corporate Access – 8th year running
Top 3 Operations and Administration
#1 Forestry and Paper
#1 Household Goods Retailers
#1 General Retailers
#1 Platinum and Precious Metals
#1 Economic Analysis l International
#1 Investment Strategy
#1 Banks
#1 Innovative Research
#1 Hotels, Travel & Leisure
#1 Sales Team – 7th year running
#1 Execution: Equities – 6th year running
#1 Corporate Access – 7th year running
#1 Administration Efficiency – 6th year running
#2 Overall Firms for Research
#2 Commodities
#3 Execution: Fixed Income Securities
#4 African Non-Equities Research l Excl SA
#5 Execution: Derivatives
#7 Corporate Access
#1 Forestry and Paper
#1 Household Goods Retailers
#1 General Retailers
#1 Healthcare Providers and Pharmaceuticals
#1 Platinum and Precious
#1 Economic Analysis l International
#1 Investment Strategy
#2 Industrial Metals
#2 Food Producers
#2 Oil & Gas and Chemicals
#2 Economic Analysis l Domestic
#2 Luxury Goods
#2 Hotels, Travel & Leisure
#3 Resources Small & Medium Market Cap Companies
#3 Gold Mining
#3 General Mining
#3 Diversified Industrials
#4 Construction, Building Materials & Machinery
#4 General Finance
#4 Innovative Research l Equity and Non-Equity
#5 Banks
#5 Beverages & Tobacco
#5 Media
#6 Telecommunications
#6 Financial and Industrial Small & Medium Market Cap Companies
#1 Administration Efficiency
#1 Corporate access
#1 Execution Equities
#1 Execution Sales
#2 Overall Equity Research
#1 Credit Analysis
#3 Fixed Interest Securities Analysis
#1 Platinum & Precious Metals
#1 General Retailers
#1 Household Goods Retailers
#1 Hotel, Travel & Leisure
#1 Economic Analysis Domestic
#1 Economic Analysis International
#1 Investment Strategy
#2 Commodities
#2 Food Producers
#2 Forestry & Paper
#2 Healthcare Providers & Pharmaceuticals
#2 Innovative Research
#2 Luxury Goods
#2 Oil, Gas and Chemicals
#2 Political Analysis
#3 General Mining
#3 Industrial Metals
#3 Resources and Medium Market Cap Companies
#1 Equity Dealing
#1 Equity Sales
#1 Corporate access
#1 Operations and Administration
#2 Overall Equity Research
#1 Retail
#1 Platinum
#1 Paper
#1 Food Producers
#1 Strategy
#1 International Economic Analysis
#1 Commodities
#1 Hotel & Leisure
#1 Innovative Research
#2 Banks
#2 Industrial Metals
#2 Household Goods Retailers
#2 Commodities
#2 Economics
#2 Oil, Gas and Chems
#3 General Mining
#3 Resources and Medium market cap companies
#3 Fixed interest securities
#1 Credit Analysis
#1 Execution: Fixed Interest Securities
Execution: Equities — First
Sales Team — First
Corporate Access — First
Administration Efficiency — First
Equities: Overall ranking of firms for research — Second
Forestry & Paper — First
Industrial Metals — First
Food Producers — First
Commodities — First
Economic Analysis International — First
Investment Strategy — First
Innovative Research — Second
Hotels, Travel & Leisure — Second
Platinum & Precious Metals — Second
Fixed Interest Securities — Third
Economic Analysis Domestic — Third
Resources Small & Medium Market Cap Companies — Third
Oil & Gas And Chemicals — Third
Credit Analysis — Second
Overall ranking of firms for research
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Administration Efficiency Rankings
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Corporate Access Rankings
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Dealing Equities Rankings
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Dealing Fixed-Interest Securities Rankings
RMB — Second
Sales Team Ranking
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Commodities
RMB Morgan Stanley
Second (Firm rank — fourth)
Credit Analysis
RMB — Third (Firm rank — first)
Economic Trends (Domestic)
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Fixed-Interest Securities
RMB — First
Food Producers
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Forestry & Paper
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Hotels, Travel & Leisure
RMB Morgan Stanley — Third
Industrial Metals
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
International Markets and Economies
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Investment Strategy
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Luxury Goods
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Media
RMB Morgan Stanley — Third (Firm rank — second)
Platinum & Precious Metals
RMB Morgan Stanley — Third
Telecommunications
RMB Morgan Stanley — Third (Firm rank — fourth)
Overall rankings research
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Industrial Metals
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Food Producers
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Hotels, Travel & Leisure
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Credit Analysis
Rand Merchant Bank — First
Fixed-Interest Securities
Rand Merchant Bank — First
Innovative Research
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
International Markets and Economies
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Investment Strategy
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Construction, Building Materials & Machinery
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Luxury Goods
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Media
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Forestry & Paper
RMB Morgan Stanley — Third
Tobacco
RMB Morgan Stanley — Third
Telecommunications
RMB Morgan Stanley — Third
Africa ex SA Non-Equities
Rand Merchant Bank — Third
Commodities
RMB Morgan Stanley — Third
Corporate Governance
RMB Morgan Stanley — Third
Administration Efficiency Rankings
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Corporate Access Rankings
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Dealing Equities Rankings
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Dealing Fixed Interest Securities Rankings
Rand Merchant Bank — Third
Sales Team Ranking
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Credit Analysis
Elena Ilkova, Stephan Pienaar — First
Dealing: Fixed-Interest Securities — Second
Fixed-Interest Securities — Third
Economic Trends (Domestic)
Carmen Nel, Ilke van Zyl — Third
Food Producers
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Hotels, Travel and Leisure
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Construction, Building Materials and Machinery
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Corporate Access
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Dealing — Equities
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Sales Team
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Administration
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Africa Ex-SA Non-equities
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
International Markets and Economies
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Investment Strategy RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Credit Analysis
Elena Ilkova — First
Dealing
Fixed-Interest Securities (AUM weighted) — First
Sales team
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
International Markets and Economies
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Other African Economies and Markets
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Construction, Building Materials and Machinery
RMB Morgan Stanley — First
Dealing
Equities (Unweighted) — Second
Credit Analysis
Elena Ilkova — First
Fixed Interest Securities
Carmen Nel — First
Dealing
Fixed Interest Securities (Unweighted) — First
Overall Research
Fund Managers (Unweighted) — Second
Sales Team
RMB Morgan Stanley (Unweighted) — First
Equity Dealing
RMB Morgan Stanley (Unweighted) — First
Credit Analysis
Elena Ilkova — First
Fixed Interest Securities
Carmen Nel — First
Dealing
Fixed Interest Securities (Unweighted) — First
Equity Sales
RMB Morgan Stanley (Unweighted) — Second
Research
RMB Morgan Stanley — Second
Credit Analysis
Elena Ilkova — First
Fixed Interest Securities
Carmen Nel — Second
Dealing
Fixed Interest Securities (Unweighted) — Second