FACTBOX-Top 10 worldwide M&A rankings in first half of 2009

NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters) - Announced global merger and acquisition
activity fell 44.5 percent in the first half of 2009 compared with a year
earlier. Total deal volume reached $872.5 billion, the lowest first-half volume
since 2003 and the steepest decline since 2001.

Below are the top 10 rankings for worldwide M&A activity.
2009 YTD RANK ADVISER RANK VALUE (USD) 2008 H1 RANK
1 MORGAN STANLEY (MS.N) $327,630.9 8
2 GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (GS.N) 293,632.1 1
3 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (JPM.N) 253,437.2 3
4 CITIGROUP (C.N) 237,490.6 2
5 BANK OF AMERICA CORP (BAC.N) 179,428.3 5
6 DEUTSCHE BANK AG (DBKGn.DE) 168,324.2 4
7 CREDIT SUISSE (CSGN.VX) 144,094.7 7
8 LAZARD (LAZ.N) 122,142.0 12
9 UBS (UBSN.VX) 120,140.5 6
10 BARCLAYS CAPITAL (BARC.L) 105,372.9 9
(For more on the Thomson Reuters global dealmaking data, click
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