Merrill Lynch - Industry Awards

Industry Awards

• Ranked No.1 in Barron's 2010 Top 1000 Advisors
• Ranked No.1 in Barron's 2010 list for most advisors with No. 1 ranking in their state
• Ranked No.1 in Barron's 2009 Top 1000 Advisors
• Ranked No.1 in Barron's 2009 list for most advisors with No. 1 ranking in their state

• Institutional Investor
  • Ranked No.3 in 2009 All-America Fixed-Income Research Team Survey
  • Ranked No.1 for Pan European coverage in the 2009 All-Europe Research team survey
  • Ranked No.3 in 2009 for Emerging EMEA coverage
  • Ranked No.3 in the 2009 All-Latin America survey and No.2 in the All-Brazil survey
  • Ranked No.5 in the 2009 All-Asia Research team survey
  • Ranked No.3 in 2009 All-America Equity Research Team Survey

• Alpha Magazine – Ranked No.3 by hedge funds in survey for All-Asia research teams

• Forbes/Zacks – Best Brokerage for stock picking and estimate accuracy; captured more than twice the awards of the runner-up. Seven out of 12 analysts named to “Dazzling Dozen”

• Wall Street Journal “ Best on the Street Stock Picking” Award – No.3 in the U.S.; 17 ranked analysts

• Thomson Reuters Extel – No.1 for Pan-European Equity Sectors Rsch; No.2 for Pan-European Equity & Equity Linked Rsch; No.2 for Continental European Small & Mid Caps Rsch

• Financial Times/StarMine
  • Ranked No.1 Global Broker, No.1 US Broker; No.2 Europe Broker and No.5 Pan-Asia Broker; received 42 individual analyst awards (May 2009)
  • Ranked No.1 in the U.S., No.2 in Latin America, No.2 in Asia Pacific ex-Japan, No.3 in Developed Europe in the 2009 for earnings forecasts; Ranked No.4 in Asia Pacific ex-Japan, and No.5 in Latin America in the 2009 for Stock Recommendations