Scope of Research

List of leading FHCs covered by Ethics Ratings

  1. Bank of America
  2. Bank of New York Mellon
  3. BB&T
  4. Capital One
  5. CitiGroup
  6. Fifth Third
  7. Goldman Sachs
  8. JPMorgan Chase
  9. KeyCorp
  10. Morgan Stanley
  11. Northern Trust
  12. PNC
  13. Regions Financial
  14. State Street
  15. SunTrust
  16. US Bancorp
  17. Wells Fargo
  18. Barclays Group US Inc. (To 9-30-10)
  19. HSBC North America Holdings Inc.
  20. Taunus Corporation

List of Covered RIAs

Aberdeen Asset Management Acadian Asset Management Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.
Advanced Investment Partners AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC AEW Capital Management
AIG Aletheia Research & Management, Inc. Allianz Global Investors of America L.P.
Alpine Woods Capital Investors Amalgamated Bank American Century Companies, Inc.
APG All Pensions Group APG Asset Management US Inc. APG Investment Services NV
Appaloosa Management L.P. AQR Capital Management LLC Ariel Investments, LLC
Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC Artisan Partners Holdings LP Atlanta Capital
Aviva plc (Systemic Risk) AXA Baillie Gifford
Balyasny Asset Management L.P. Bank of America Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Limited Barclays PLC Baring Asset Management
BBT Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Bessemer Group
BlackRock Advisors, LLC BlackRock Fund Advisors BlackRock Group Limited
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company Blackrock, Inc Blue Ridge Capital
BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA BNP Paribas Asset Management Boston Common Asset Management
Boston Provident Boston Trust Brandes Investmnent Partners L.P.
Bridger Management Brigade Capital Management British Columbia Investment Management Corporation
Brookside Capital Investors CalPERS CalSTRS
Calvert Social Index Series, Inc. Calvert Social Investment Fund Calvert Variable Products, Inc.
Canada Pension Capital Fund Management S.A. Capital Guardian Trust Company
Capital Research Global Investors Capital World Investors Carlson Capital, L.P.
Castle Point Capital Management Caxton Associates LP Charles Schwab Investment Advisory
Chase Investment Counsel Corp. Chilton Investment Co LLC Citadel Limited Partnership
Citigroup Inc. Clearbridge Advisors, LLC Comerica Bank
Conatus Capital Management LP Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn LLC/ADV Credit Agricole
Credit Suisse D. E. Shaw & Co., Davis Selected Advisors, LP
Denver Investment Advisors LLC Deutsche Asset Management DiamondBack Capital Management
Dimenensional Fund Advisors LP DnB NOR Asset Management AS Domini Social Equity Fund
Eaton Vance Management Eminence Capital LLC Endeavour Capital Limited
Eton Park Capital Management, L.P. F&C Asset Management plc Federated Investors, Inc.
Fifth Third Asset Management Fisher Investments FMR LLC
Fortis Investments Management USA, Inc. Fortress Investment Group LLC Frank Russell Company
Franklin Resources Fred Alger Management, Inc Gateway Investment Advisers, LLC
General Electric Generation Investment Management LLP Geode Capital Management, LLC
Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC Glenview Capital Management, LLC Global Currents Investment Management, LLC
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC Harris Associates L.P.
Hermes Pensions Management Highbridge Capital Management LLC Highfields Capital Management LP
Horizon Asset Management, Inc. Hotchkis & Wiliey Capital Management, LLC HSBC Holdings PLC
ING Investment Management ING Investment Management (Europe) B.V. Investec
Janus Capital Management LLC Jennison Associates LLC JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Jupiter Asset Management Keycorp King Street Capital Master Fund, LTD
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, LLP Lazard Asset Management LLC Lee Munder Investments, Ltd.
Legal and General Legg Mason Legg Mason Asset Management
Legg Mason Capital Management Legg Mason International Equities Legg Mason Investment Counsel
Level Global Investors, L.P. Levin Capital Strategies, L.P. Liberty Mutual
Lone Pine Capital LLC Loomis, Sayles and Co., L.P. Lord Abbett & Co
LSV Asset Management Marsico Capital Management, LLC Martin Currie Investment Management
Massachusetts Financial Services Co – Other Matrix Maverick Capital, Ltd.
MAYO Investment Advisors Mendon Capital Advisors Corp. Metlife
Millennium Management LLC Miller Howard Investments Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Moore Capital Management, LP Morgan Stanley Natcan Investment Management
Natixis Asset Management Navellier & Associates, Inc. Neuberger Berman Group LLC
New Amsterdam New Mountain Vantage Advisers, L.L.C. New York State Common Retirement Fund
New York State Teachers’ Retirement System Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. Nordea Investment
Northern Trust Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company NWQ
Oak Hill Investment Management, L.P. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
Owl Creek Asset Management, L.P. Parnassus Investments Paulson & Co. Inc.
Pax World Management Corp Perennial Investment Partners Limited Pershing Square
Pictet Asset Management Pioneer Investment Management, Inc. PNC
PRIMECAP Management Company Princeton Capital Management Principal Financial
Prudential Financial, Inc. Public Emplotees Retirement System of Ohio Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado
Public Sector Pension Investment Board Putnam Investment Management, LLC Ramius LLC
Rathbone Brothers Plc Regents of the University of California Regions
Renaissance Technologies LLC Robeco Institutional Asset Management Robeco Investment Management, Inc
SAM Sustainable Asset Management Ltd. Sandler Oneill Asset Management Scott & Stringfellow
Sentinel Asset Management Serengeti Asset Management LP SG Americas Securities
Shumway Capital Partners LLC Soros Fund Management LLC Standard Life Investments (USA) Limited
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System State of Wisconsin Investment Board State Street Corporation
State Treasurer State of Michigan Stevens Capital Management LP STRS Ohio: State Teachers Retirement System
Suntrust Swiss Reinsurance Co Ltd. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
T2 Partners Management, L.P. TD Asset Management Inc., TDAM USA Inc. TDAM USA Inc.
Teacher Retirement System of Texas Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Kentucky Third Point LLC
Thornburg Investment Management, Inc. TIAA-CREF Tiger Global Management LLC
TPG-Axon Capital Transamerica Investment Management, LLC Trillium Asset Management
Tudor Investment Corporation Two Sigma Investments LLC UBS AG
UBS Global Asset Management US Bancorp Vanguard Group,Inc
Viking Global Investors LP Vinik Asset Management, L.P. Virginia Retirement System
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Wellington Management Company, LLP Wells Fargo
Westwood Capital White Elm Capital, LLC Wilkinson O’Grady & Co.
Winslow Management Company