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Synthetic finance survey full results

14 August 2012


Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse share the honours in the Global Investor/ISF synthetic finance survey

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Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse have jointly won the Global Investor/ISF annual synthetic finance survey. Morgan Stanley ranked first in the unweighted overall table for non-cash prime brokerage for the second year running. However, when the 2012 results are weighted by responses and client synthetic book, Credit Suisse emerges at the top of the pile, improving on its second place in last year's weighted table. Unweighted tables Unweighted winner Morgan Stanley secured its 6.35 score due to a particularly impressive showing with hedge funds and winning positions in six category tables. Previous winners have included Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) in 2010 and Credit Suisse in the two years prior to that. Comments on Morgan Stanley from clients included: "Team is knowledgeable and helpful"; "a great integrated platform which offers us seamless automation"; and "Morgan Stanley has provided excellent operational support, liquidity and pricing and has enjoyed nearly 100%...