Highest number of Stockmarket clients
Clients with the highest market capitalisation
Clients making the most profit
Those gains at the top end of the market have left JPMorgan Cazenove well clear once again when the totals are added up and its tally, up five, is its best of the year so far. Landsbanki continues in second place, a rank it secured with a surge last autumn followed by a consistent performance.
Brewin Dolphin and UBS remain joint third overall despite losing one client each while KBC Peel Hunt is the only other broker with more than 100 clients. That could change soon, though, as Numis, which held that honour this time last year, added four clients to reach 99.
Other notable gains were scored by Arbuthnot Securities, up from 11th to joint eighth with five extra clients, and Cenkos, up from 20th to 17th with an extra 10.
Market caps generally have suffered over the past three months but Cazenove has a similar lead over UBS as in May. However, UBS has comfortably extended its lead in the profits table.
Figures as at 4 August 2008 and information in brackets from 9 May 2008.
| Highest number of Stockmarket Clients | ||||
| Rank | Stockbrokers | No. Clients | ||
| 1 | (1) | JPMorgan Cazenove | 219 | (214) |
| 2 | (2) | Landsbanki Securities | 159 | (161) |
| 3 | (3) | Brewin Dolphin Investment Banking | 113 | (114) |
| 3 | (3) | UBS Investment Bank | 113 | (114) |
| 5 | (5) | KBC Peel Hunt Ltd | 106 | (108) |
| 6 | (7) | Numis Securities | 99 | (95) |
| 7 | (6) | Collins Stewart | 93 | (99) |
| 8 | (11) | Arbuthnot Securities Ltd | 88 | (83) |
| 8 | (8) | RBS Hoare Govett Ltd | 88 | (91) |
| 8 | (10) | Seymour Pierce | 88 | (86) |
| 11 | (9) | Investec Securities | 87 | (88) |
| 12 | (13) | Dresdner Kleinwort | 82 | (80) |
| 13 | (12) | Panmure Gordon & Co. Limited | 77 | (81) |
| 14 | (13) | Evolution Securities Ltd | 73 | (80) |
| 15 | (15) | Merrill Lynch International | 72 | (72) |
| 16 | (16) | Citi | 70 | (69) |
| 17 | (20) | Cenkos Securities | 68 | (58) |
| 18 | (17) | W H Ireland | 64 | (65) |
| 19 | (18) | Blue Oar Securities | 62 | (62) |
| 20 | (19) | Canaccord Adams | 61 | (61) |
| Total Market Cap of Stock Market clients | ||||
| Rank | Stockbroker | £m | ||
| 1 | (1) | JPMorgan Cazenove | 509264 | (597798) |
| 2 | (2) | UBS Investment Bank | 489241 | (579590) |
| 3 | (4) | Goldman Sachs Equity Securities (UK) | 342108 | (373863) |
| 4 | (3) | Merrill Lynch International | 325222 | (391005) |
| 5 | (5) | Credit Suisse | 234229 | (264377) |
| 6 | (8) | Morgan Stanley & Co International | 207504 | (193002) |
| 7 | (7) | RBS Hoare Govett Ltd | 202953 | (210855) |
| 8 | (6) | Deutsche Bank AG London | 159046 | (228988) |
| 9 | (9) | Citi | 134827 | (164580) |
| 10 | (10) | HSBC Bank | 101223 | (107554) |
| 11 | (11) | Lehman Brothers International (Europe) | 68112 | (84081) |
| 12 | (12) | Dresdner Kleinwort | 54088 | (61410) |
| 13 | (13) | Davy | 42710 | (58702) |
| 14 | (15) | Investec Securities | 15541 | (17268) |
| 15 | (16) | Panmure Gordon & Co. Limited | 14979 | (18519) |
| 16 | (17) | Landsbanki Securities (UK) | 11650 | (14455) |
| 17 | (19) | Numis Securities | 11072 | (12761) |
| 18 | (16) | Goodbody Stockbrokers | 10970 | (15931) |
| 19 | (20) | Arbuthnot Securities | 10557 | (11757) |
| 20 | (18) | Canaccord Adams | 10296 | (12817) |
| Total Profit of Stock Market clients | ||||
| Rank | Stockbroker | £m | ||
| 1 | (1) | UBS Investment Bank | 65885 | (59724) |
| 2 | (3) | Merrill Lynch International | 56514 | (56418) |
| 3 | (2) | JPMorgan Cazenove | 53725 | (57856) |
| 4 | (4) | Goldman Sachs Equity Securities (UK) | 45996 | (34403) |
| 5 | (5) | Credit Suisse | 27652 | (27158) |
| 6 | (6) | RBS Hoare Govett Ltd | 26909 | (26909) |
| 7 | (9) | Morgan Stanley & Co International | 23255 | (21713) |
| 8 | (8) | Citi | 21725 | (22310) |
| 9 | (7) | Deutsche Bank AG London | 18666 | (23533) |
| 10 | (10) | HSBC Bank | 12384 | (12596) |
| 11 | (12) | Lehman Brothers International (Europe) | 8542 | (8279) |
| 12 | (11) | Dresdner Kleinwort | 8410 | (8324) |
| 13 | (13) | Davy | 6009 | (5884) |
| 14 | (14) | Goodbody Stockbrokers | 2839 | (2636) |
| 15 | (15) | Panmure Gordon & Co Limited | 1947 | (1596) |
| 16 | (17) | Numis Securities | 1166 | (1198) |
| 17 | (16) | Investec Securities | 1164 | (1265) |
| 18 | KBC Peel Hunt | 1016 | ||
| 19 | (18) | Landsbanki Securities (UK) | 957 | (1076) |
| 20 | (19) | Brewin Dolphin Investment Banking | 891 | (837) |