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Recognition

2009

Awards

Straight Bond of the Year (Nissan #48, #49) Thomson Reuters DealWatch
(Announced in April, 2010)
Straight Bond Debut Deal of the Year (Nitto Denko #1) Thomson Reuters DealWatch
(Announced in April, 2010)
Best Local Currency Bond of the Year (Panasonic) Asiamoney (Announced in March, 2010)
Best Yen Bond Deal of the Year (Panasonic) Euromoney Japan (Announced in January, 2010)
Best Samurai Bond Deal of the Year (Westpac) Euromoney Japan (Announced in January, 2010)
Best Equity Deal (Orix Corporation global common stock offering) The Asset (Announced in January, 2010)

Analyst Ranking

Nikkei Veritas (Announced in March, 2009)

1st Ranked Sectors
Sector Analyst
Pharmaceuticals Hidemaru Yamaguchi
Food (including fishery & agriculture) Nobuyoshi Miura
Banks Hironari Nozaki
Category  
Strategy Tsutomu Fujita

Institutional Investor (Announced in April, 2009)

No.1 sector analysts
Sector Analyst
Beverages, Food & Tobacco Nobuyoshi Miura
Financial/ Banks Hironari Nozaki
Health Care & Pharmaceuticals Hidemaru Yamaguchi
Equity Strategy Tsutomu Fujita
Firm ranking  
Overall Rank #4
Weighted Rank #4

Company Ranking (Nikkei Veritas)

Analyst Rankings by Sectors (Total)
Rank Firm Points
1 Daiwa 14,537
2 Nomura 11,671
3 UBS 9,826
4 Mitsubishi UFJ 9,622
5 Nikko Citi 7,791
6 JP Morgan 7,606
7 Mizuho 6,164
8 Credit Suisse 5,091
9 Goldman Sachs 4,916
10 Morgan Stanley 3,932
Analyst and Strategist Ranking by 5 Categories (Total)
Rank Firm Points
1 Daiwa 17,413
2 Nomura 14,307
3 Mitsubishi UFJ 10,942
4 UBS 9,994
5 Nikko Citi 9,028
6 JP Morgan 8,202
7 Mizuho 6,404
8 Goldman Sachs 5,757
9 Credit Suisse 5,572
10 Morgan Stanley 4,267