1999 Institutional Investor All-Asia Research Team (Japan)

Morgan Stanley produced a repeat performance of its success in the recent Nikkei poll with a #2 ranking in the Japanese Institutional Investor survey, another record for the department.

 

Morgan Stanley produced a repeat performance of its success in the recent Nikkei poll with a #2 ranking in the Japanese Institutional Investor survey, another record for the department. Our total positions increased by three to 19 — compared to 23 for Nomura, 17 for Merrill Lynch, 12 for Goldman Sachs and 11 for Nikko Salomon Smith Barney.

On a weighted basis, Morgan Stanley also ranked #2 with a total score of 48 — vis-à-vis 66 for Nomura and 40 for Merrill Lynch. Our total positions comprise of six top-ranked analysts (versus four in 1998), four second-ranked (versus six), three third-ranked (versus none) and six runners-up (versus six). Robert Alan Feldman (Economics) and Fumiyuki Takahashi (Quantitative Research) rose to #1 from #2, while Toshihiko Ginbayashi (Chemicals), Toru Nagai (Metals), Mitsuko Morita (Computer Software) and Takatoshi Yamamoto (Consumer Electronics) maintained their #1 positions. Newly ranked analysts include Yukiko Ohara (Banks), Hideyasu Ban (Other Financials), Hironori Tanaka (Broadcasting), Taizo Demura (Food and Beverages) and Keiko Otsuki (Real Estate and Housing). Please see attached for details.

Congratulations to all for a tremendous accomplishment.

Institutional Investor All-Asia Research Team (Japan) by Firm
Rank   Total Positions
1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 Firm 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995

  1   1   1   1   1 Nomura 23 23 25 29 27
  2   3   5   3   3 Morgan Stanley 19 16 10 10 13
  3   3   2   4   5 Merrill Lynch 17 16 16   9   6
  4   2   4   2   2 Goldman Sachs 12 17 11 13 17
  5   5   3   5   4 Nikko Salomon Smith Barney* 11 14 12   8   9
  6   6   7 11   8 Daiwa Institute of Research   8 10   7   3   4
  7   7   -   9   8 Warburg Dillon Read**   6   8 10   4   4
  8 10   -   -   - Deutsche Securities***   5   2   0   -   -
  9 10 10   7   7 Dresdner Kleinwort Benson (Asia)   5   2   5   5   8
10 10   7   7   8 HSBC Securities   5   2   7   5   4
11 10 11 11 16 Jardine Fleming   4   2   3   3   2
12   9 - 14   - Schroder Securities   3   5   0   1   -
  -   8   9   6   8 Nikko Research Center   -   7   6   6   4
  -   10   -   -   - SBC Warburg   -   2   0   -   -
  - 15 13 14 17 Smith Barney   -   1   2   1   1
  - 15 14   -   - ING Baring   -   1   1   -   -
  - 15 13   -   - Paribas Capital Markets   -   1   0   -   -
  -   -   - 10   5 BZW   -   -   -   3   6
  -   -   - 13 14 Lehman Brothers   -   -   -   2   3


    * formerly Salomon Brothers
  **formerly UBS Securities
***formerly Deutsche Morgan Grenfell


Institutional Investor All-Asia Research Team (Japan) Weighted Total
Rank (Positions) Rank (Weighted)   Weighted Total
1999 1998 1999 1998 Firm 1999 1998

  1   1   1   1 Nomura 66 71
  2   3   2   3 Morgan Stanley 48 40
  3   3   3   2 Merrill Lynch 40 42
  5   5   4   5 Nikko Salomon Smith Barney 37 36
  4   2   5   4 Goldman Sachs 29 38


Weighting formula: Rating of 4 to first, 3 to second, 2 to third and 1 to runner-up.


The Institutional Investor All-Asia Research Team (Japan) Morgan Stanley
Positions Name Sectors 1999 1998

  1 Ginbayashi, Toshihiko Basic Materials/Chemicals   1   1
  2 Nagai, Toru Basic Materials/Metals   1   1
  3 Morita, Mitsuko Computer Software   1   1
  4 Feldman, Robert Alan Economics   1   2
  5 Yamamoto, Takatoshi Electronics/Consumer   1   1
  6 Takahashi, Fumiyuki Quantitative Research   1   2
  7 Yamamoto, Takatoshi Electronics/Industrial   2   2
  8 Kinmont, Alexander Equity Strategy   2   2
  9 Ohara, Yukiko Financials/Banks*   2   3
10 Mita, Mayo Pharmaceuticals & Health Care   2 R/U
11 Tanaka, Hironori Broadcasting**   3   -
12 Oki, Noriko Electronics/Precision Instruments   3   2
13 Ban, Hideyasu Financials/Other   3   -
14 Yamamoto, Takatoshi Electronics/Components R/U   2
15 Demura, Taizo Food & Beverages R/U   -
16 Mochizuki, Masayuki Machinery R/U R/U
17 Otsuki, Keiko Real Estate & Housing* R/U R/U
18 Shimizu, Michinori Retailing/General R/U R/U
19 Soejima, Tomokazu Transportation R/U   -
  - Volkmann, Stephen Autos   - R/U
  - Daniels, Elizabeth Financials/Other   - R/U
  - Soejima, Tomokazu Trading Companies   - R/U
 
Rank     2   3
Total Team Positions   19 16


  *former affiliation in 1998
**new category in 1999