Capitalink Earns Top National Rankings for Second Consecutive Year.Business & Financial Editors MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2003 South Florida-Headquartered Investment Banking Firm Ranked Among Nation's Top Financial Advisors; Shares Top Billing With Wall Street Giants For the second consecutive year, Capitalink, L.C., a growing investment banking firm that serves clients in major business hubs across the country and Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). , as well as South Florida Florida, state, United StatesFlorida (flôr`ĭdə, flŏr`–), state in the extreme SE United States. A long, low peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean (E) and the Gulf of Mexico (W), Florida is bordered by Georgia and , has earned ranking among the nation's top financial advisory firms based on various transaction criteria for the year 2002. No other South Florida-headquartered investment banking firm has achieved these distinctions, which are based on data from two of the nation's most widely used financial research organizations (see tables attached). Capitalink ranked 12th in the nation among financial advisors based on the number of fairness opinions Fairness Opinion A report put together by qualified analysts or advisors providing to key decision makers an evaluation of and facts about a merger or acquisition. Notes: A fairness opinion serves as a document used for guidance in a merger, takeover, or acquisition. completed in 2002 according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. data from Thomson Financial Thomson Financial A major provider of information, analytical tools, and consulting services to the financial community. The firm, a division of Thomson Corporation, is best known to investors for its First Call segment, which publishes consensus earnings , one of the nation's largest financial research companies. Other investment banking and financial advisors among the top 15 include such widely recognized firms as J.P. Morgan Morgan, American family of financiers and philanthropists. Junius Spencer Morgan, 1813–90, b. West Springfield, Mass., prospered at investment banking. , Morgan Stanley  To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. , Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. , Bear Stearns The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. (NYSE: BSC) is the parent company of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., one of the largest global investment banks and securities trading and brokerage firms in the world. , Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. , Credit
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Thomson's fairness opinion statistics also placed Capitalink higher than Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH), founded in 1850, is a diversified, global financial services firm. It is a participant in investment banking, equity and fixed income sales, research and trading, investment management, private equity, and private banking. , Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (IPA: /'dɔɪ.tʃə/[1]) (ISIN: DE0005140008, NYSE: DB) (English: German Bank AG, Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney Smith Barney is a division of Citigroup Global Capital Markets Inc., a global, full-service financial firm, that provides brokerage, investment banking and asset management services to corporations, governments and individuals around the world. , Lazard Lazard Ltd. (NYSE: LAZ) is the parent company of Lazard LLC, a New York-based, independent investment bank with approximately 2,200 employees in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. , Wachovia Corp., Raymond James  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . Financial Inc., Hoefer & Arnett, and KeyCorp/McDonald Investments. Additional Thomson Financial data placed Capitalink 41st among the nation's top merger and acquisition advisors based on the number of transactions announced during the year. Moreover, Mergerstat, another major financial research company, ranked Capitalink 50th among the nation's top financial advisor firms, based on the number of transactions announced in 2002. Commenting on the rankings, James Cassel, president of Capitalink, said, "We are very pleased with these notable achievements especially in view of the fact that we are a relatively young firm - we are in our fifth year of operation - and in view of the fact that we face competition from much larger, New York-based Wall Street firms. Besides the recognition that these rankings bring to our firm, we are also delighted to help win further recognition for the outstanding capabilities of South Florida's business and financial community in general." Capitalink, L.C. (http://www.capitalinklc.com) is one of South Florida's leading investment banking firms. Its team of seasoned professionals possesses diverse expertise in corporate structuring and finance, financial analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and business management. Employing these disciplines, Capitalink provides publicly and privately held businesses and emerging growth companies with a broad range of objective and independent investment banking and advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal - without distractions or conflicts from other business activities, such as research, retail brokerage or trading. Capitalink's services include strategic financial guidance and hands-on assistance in mergers and acquisitions; financial transaction analysis and rendering See render. (graphics, text) rendering - The conversion of a high-level object-based description into a graphical image for display. For example, ray-tracing takes a mathematical model of a three-dimensional object or scene and converts it into a bitmap image. fairness opinions and valuations; restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). ; and raising capital and other corporate financing activities. Editor Note: The following tables provide details of the three different transaction analyses referred to above. The tables identify the firms and show their rank.
Advisor Rankings
Fairness Opinions Issued - 2002
Ranked by Number of Deals Completed
Rank Financial Advisor
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1 Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
2 JP Morgan
3 Credit Suisse First Boston
4 (a) US Bancorp
4 (a) UBS Warburg
4 (a) Bear Stearns & Co Inc
7 Merrill Lynch & Co Inc
8 SunTrust Banks
9 Goldman Sachs & Co
10 (a) Banc of America Securities LLC
10 (a) Morgan Stanley
12 Capitalink LC
13 (a) Deutsche Bank AG
13 (a) Hoefer & Arnett Inc
13 (a) Lehman Brothers
16 Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc
17 (a) CIBC World Markets Inc
17 (a) KeyCorp/McDonald Investments
17 (a) Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney
17 (a) Lazard
17 (a) Fox-Pitt Kelton Inc
17 (a) Stephens Inc
23 (a) Wachovia Corp
23 (a) Raymond James Financial Inc
23 (a) Adams Harkness & Hill Inc
23 (a) Jefferies & Co Inc
(a):tie Source: Thomson Financial
Advisor Rankings
U.S. Announced Deals - 2002
Ranked by Number of Deals
Rank Financial Advisor
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1 Credit Suisse First Boston
2 Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney
3 Goldman Sachs & Co
4 JP Morgan
5 Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
6 Morgan Stanley
7 Lehman Brothers
8 Merrill Lynch & Co Inc
9 Banc of America Securities LLC
10 UBS Warburg
11 Deutsche Bank AG
12 CIBC World Markets Inc
13 (a) Lazard
13 (a) Bear Stearns & Co Inc
15 KeyCorp/McDonald Investments
16 RBC Capital Markets
17 US Bancorp
18 Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc
19 (a) FleetBoston Financial Corp
19 (a) Wachovia Corp
21 (a) Societe Generale
21 (a) SunTrust Banks
23 Sandler O'Neill Partners
24 William Blair & Co
25 (a) Broadview
25 (a) Daniels & Associates Inc
41 (a) Capitalink LC
(a):tie Source: Thomson Financial
Advisor Rankings
U.S. Announced Deals - 2002
Ranked by Number of Deals
Rank Financial Advisor
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1 Credit Suisse First Boston
2 JP Morgan Chase & Co
3 Morgan Stanley
4 Goldman Sachs & Co
5 Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin
6 Salomon Smith Barney
7 Lehman Brothers
8 Merrill Lynch & Co
9 UBS Warburg AG
10 Banc of America Securities LLC
11 CIBC World Markets
12 Deutsche Banc Alex Brown
13 Lazard
14 Bear Stearns & Co
15 US Bancorp Piper Jaffray
16 McDonald Investments Inc
17 Broadview International
18 Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
19 Keefe Bruyette & Woods
20 PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance
21 SunTrust Robinson Humphrey
22 Rothschild
23 Grant Thornton Corporate Finance
24 KPMG Corporate Finance
25 RBC Financial Group
50 Capitalink LC
Source: Mergerstat
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