Reuters' First Annual Mid to Smaller Company Investment Research, Sales and Trading Survey

Reuters' published its first U.S. Mid to Smaller Company Investment Research, Sales and Trading Survey in April 1998. The survey concentrated on the dynamic equity market for mid to smaller corporations based on the S&P 400 and S&P 600 indices.

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Reuters' published its first U.S. Mid to Smaller Company Investment Research, Sales and Trading Survey in April 1998. The survey concentrated on the dynamic equity market for mid to smaller corporations based on the S&P 400 and S&P 600 indices.
Tempest Consultants, a subsidiary of Reuters, targeted corporations from more than 50 industry sectors, ranging in value from US$43MM to US$11.7Bn (in aggregate, 1,013 corporations with combined market value of US$1,231Bn), in order to obtain feedback regarding the sell-side's top industry performers. The respondents consisted of 364 mid to smaller corporations (by market value, some 43% of the combined value of the 1,013 companies) and fund managers controlling some US$470Bn worth of assets invested in these corporations.
The survey results underscore Morgan Stanley's strong sales and trading capabilities. Fund management groups ranked Morgan Stanley first in brokers' product and service, and buy-side traders placed Morgan Stanley sales traders second. Morgan Stanley's Equity Derivatives team also received recognition; Morgan Stanley was listed as the number one securities house in trading capability in equity derivatives, receiving almost double the votes of its nearest competitors.
Morgan Stanley also received high marks overall; as ranked by fund managers, Morgan Stanley took the number two spot overall among investment banks. The survey highlighted Morgan Stanley's post-transaction capability; we ranked first in secondary dealing post-transaction ability.
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