What is our business?
But what do we actually do? The short answer is with our full service platform, we have the capability to provide almost anything our clients need. We help clients raise capital. We advise them on their strategies. We provide cutting-edge research. We develop complex and innovative product solutions to meet their requirements. We help them restructure. We help them invest and grow their wealth.
Consider the following: last year, Thomson Financial ranked the Investment Bank first in both syndicated and leveraged loans and in high-yield corporate bonds for the second year in a row; in mergers & acquisitions, we advised on four of the five top transactions in the world1 we were involved in all of the top ten global equity deals2 and, we were Risk magazine's Energy Derivatives House of the Year 2007.
As the largest Global Hedge Fund Manager, Asset Management earned the No. 1 spot on Alpha Magazine's '2007 Hedge Fund 100' list. Supervising assets in excess of $1.4 trillion across the globe, we were recognized as the #1 US institutional private equity manager3, the #1 equity manager in Europe4, and were considered the best provider of money market funds in North America and Asia5.
Disparate areas, similar successes. Indeed, if you want to find out more about our wins and industry recognition, have a look at any of the individual business area pages or in awards and media. Maybe more than anything else, the fact that these accolades have been won across the whole of our business proves our all-around leadership.
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