HEMSCOTT, a premier international provider of high-quality business and financial data
and a Morningstar company, today published its 24th Hemscott Corporate Advisers Rankings Guide in association with Crowe Clark Whitehill, a leading national audit, tax and business advisory firm. Highlights of this quarter’s Hemscott Corporate Advisers Rankings Guide include:
AUDITORS
KPMG, in first place in the overall auditor rankings since February 2007, further consolidates its lead with four
new clients this quarter, taking its listed client total to 380. Second-placed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP saw
a significant boost to its overall client tally, in large part due to the combination of client numbers between the
firm’s LLP and non-LLP entities in the Corporate Adviser (All Market) Rankings for the first time; this brings PWC’s new combined client total to 368, including four new clients this quarter–two more than the notional total of the two units in the previous rankings. BDO LLP*, which also now records all its client listings under one brand for the first time in the rankings, has a revised tally of 173 clients, including two new clients; the firm’s place in the rankings is unchanged and remains in sixth place. Mazars LLP–with a five-client loss this quarter–loses its hold on the top 10, moving to 11th place with a revised client tally of 23.
Crowe Clark Whitehill made its debut in the overall auditor top 10 rankings, moving from 13th place to ninth
following an eight-client gain to end the quarter with 30 listed clients. With all of the firm’s new clients being
AIM-listed companies, the Crowe Clark Whitehill’s client gains this quarter equal the total number of new AIM
clients added by all of the next 11 ranked auditors combined.
KPMG has taken sole hold of second place among those auditors advising the FTSE 100 this quarter, with a oneclient gain increasing the firm’s FTSE 100 client tally to 23. This pushes Deloitte into third place in the FTSE 100 rankings, despite the firm’s unchanged FTSE 100 client total of 22. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP remains in first place, with 39 FTSE 100 clients.
STOCKBROKERS
Cenkos Securities produced one of the largest client gains among the brokers this quarter, with five new clients increasing the firm’s overall client tally to 107. Long-term rankings leader JP Morgan Cazenove ended the quarter four clients down overall, following the loss of two FTSE 100 clients, but enjoyed a strong quarter for
client gains in the middle market with five new clients in the Small Cap/Fledgling tables; this results in a new
overall net client total of 236. Second-placed Numis Securities enjoyed an 11th consecutive quarterly gain by
adding one new client this quarter, raising its total to 128 listed clients. Collins Stewart, which added two new
clients, makes the largest jump in the overall rankings, moving up four places from 10th place to sixth to end the
quarter with a new tally of 78. Evolution Securities drops two places overall, moving from sixth place to eighth,
following a five-client loss to bring its overall tally down to 76. Brewin Dolphin Corporate Advisory & Broking
dropped three places in the rankings, following the loss of six clients to end the quarter in joint 16th place and with 62 clients.
In the FTSE 100 rankings, UBS Investment Bank made the largest quarterly client gains, with two additional
clients increasing the firm’s FTSE 100 client tally from 25 to 27; the company remains in third place in the FTSE
100 rankings. Barclays Capital makes its debut in the FTSE 250 rankings, in joint 20th place and with five clients.
FINANCIAL ADVISERS
JP Morgan Cazenove’s ranking remains unchanged in first place with 104 clients. Second-placed Cenkos
Securities continues its ascent, taking second place from Seymour Pierce following a three-client gain to
increase its listed client tally to 76. This pushes Seymour Pierce down to third place, despite an unchanged
client tally during the quarter. Brewin Dolphin Corporate Advisory & Broking lost six clients during the
quarter, bringing the adviser’s tally down to 48 and its place in the rankings from 11th place to 14th. Evolution
Securities and Arbuthnot Securities also lost several clients each; Evolution ended the quarter with five
clients fewer, falling from sixth place to ninth in the overall rankings to close the quarter with 55 clients.
Arbuthnot Securities, despite a three-client loss, remains in 10th place with a reduced total of 54 clients.
In the FTSE 100 rankings, there were more losses than gains. Morgan Stanley & Co International lost two
clients to bring its FTSE 100 client tally down to eight–one third of the client number of FTSE 100 rankings leader UBS Investment Bank, whose additional client win during the quarter brings its FTSE 100 client tally to 24. Deutsche Bank AG London and Lazard & Co also lost one client each, bringing their FTSE 100 tallies down to nine and four clients, respectively.
FINANCIAL PRs
Redleaf Polhill appears for the first time in the rankings under its new identity, following the acquisition of
Polhill Communications by Redleaf Communications. The new firm’s combined listed client numbers now
total 38, resulting in a three-place move up the rankings—from Redleaf’s previous ranking at 16h—to end the
quarter in joint 13th place alongside M:Communications. Walbrook PR made strong gains, with six new
clients, taking the firm’s tally to 35 clients and moving it up two places in the rankings to end the quarter in 16th
place. Financial Dynamics, holding strong in first place, gained five clients to take its tally to 172, creating a
new total more than twice that of nearest competitor Buchanan Communications. A one-client loss for
Buchanan stripped the firm of its sole hold on second place, with Pelham Bell Pottinger now in joint second.
Both firms have 84 clients. Fourth-placed Tavistock Communications gained three clients, taking its listed
client tally to 80; St Brides Media & Finance gained four clients, taking its overall tally to 30 clients.
In the FTSE 100 rankings, positions remained unchanged among the top five. Finsbury achieved the only client gain during the quarter, with one new client taking the firm’s FTSE 100 client total to 19. FTSE 100 rankings leader Brunswick lost one FTSE 100 client this quarter, takings its FTSE 100 client total down to 26. Powerscourt makes its FTSE 100 rankings debut this quarter, with a total of two clients.
LAWYERS
Slaughter and May extended its lead in the overall law adviser rankings, with two additional clients this quarter taking its new listed client tally to 117. Norton Rose LLP also had a strong quarter, with four new clients taking the firm up from fifth place to third. This now sets the firm just three clients behind second-placed Herbert
Smith, with 89 and 92 listed clients, respectively. Memery Crystal re-enters the rankings in 18th place–its first
time back in the rankings since November 2008–with eight new clients. This was the largest client gain across all the law firms and brings Memery Crystal’s listed client tally to 50. Carey Olsen also had a strong quarter, with
six new listed clients taking its overall tally to 70 and its ranking up from ninth place to seventh. Howard
Kennedy edges back into the top 10 for the first time since August 2010, with five additional clients, resulting in
a revised overall tally of 64 listed clients and a revised ranking of joint 10th place.
Among the law firms advising the FTSE 100, Linklaters’ one FTSE 100 client gain improved the firm’s hold on
third place, with a revised FTSE 100 client tally of 23. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, in second place, edges
closer to the top spot with one additional client this quarter, taking the firm’s FTSE 100 client tally to 24.
REGISTRARS
Long-term rankings leader Capita Registrars lost 14 clients during the quarter, reducing its overall listed client tally to 1,061. Second-placed Computershare Investor Services gained five clients, bringing its tally up to 553. Neville Registrars, with six new client wins during the quarter, edged up the rankings from fifth place to fourth, with a new total of 92 listed clients. This pushed Share Registrars into fifth place, down from fourth, with a new total of 90 clients. SLC Registrars, in sixth place, pulled clear of the chasing pack with a four-client win during the quarter, settling its current client tally at 22.
In the FTSE 100 space, the rankings remain unchanged, with just a one-client loss for Equiniti, which remains in first place with 51 FTSE 100 clients, and a one-client gain for Computershare Investor Services, which remains in second with 31 FTSE 100 clients.
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