Underwriter Performance Report

Period Covered: January - December, 2005

The following table lists the most active brokerage firms serving as the lead underwriter in initial public offerings (IPOs). Each report only includes IPOs for which the broker firm served as the lead underwriter. If a brokerage firm participated as an underwriter, other than the lead, or as part of the larger selling syndicate, they are not included in these reports.
Name Total Amount Raised Num. Offerings Avg. Market Val. Avg. Amount Raised Avg. % Change
Citigroup $5215.1 20 $883.0 $260.8 10.32
Goldman Sachs & Co. $4195.1 20 $1279.8 $209.8 41.53
Morgan Stanley $4573.5 17 $1233.7 $269.0 20.74
CS First Boston $2229.9 15 $997.6 $148.7 14.65
Lehman Brothers $1970.3 15 $672.1 $131.4 13.51
Merrill Lynch $1824.0 14 $463.9 $130.3 11.38
UBS Investment Bank $1194.0 11 $351.6 $108.5 23.44
J.P. Morgan $730.8 8 $454.0 $91.3 29.71
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey $885.5 6 $191.5 $147.6 -3.17
Banc of America Securities LLC $487.6 5 $266.7 $97.5 30.62
Bear Stearns & Co. $692.2 5 $472.0 $138.4 0.12
Piper Jaffray $402.2 5 $309.6 $80.4 13.46
Thomas Weisel Partners LLC $203.5 4 $235.3 $50.9 31.78
Wachovia Securities, Inc. $338.3 4 $462.3 $84.6 62.18
Deutsche Bank Securities $153.2 3 $652.1 $51.1 6.73
Keefe Bruyette Woods $166.6 3 $254.3 $55.5 3.87
WR Hambrecht 's OpenIPO $40.2 3 $479.0 $13.4 17.37
A.G. Edwards & Sons $80.8 2 $109.6 $40.4 -10.10
Cantor Fitzgerald $345.6 2 $268.1 $172.8 -22.55
CIBC World Markets $65.9 2 $260.9 $33.0 59.6