Current Table

TOP TEN U.S. SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT COMPANIES BY ASSETS, 2011 (1)

($ millions, end of year)

Rank Company Assets
1 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (2) $923,225
2 Morgan Stanley 749,898
3 Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. 555,788
4 Credit Suisse (USA), Inc. 374,431
5 BlackRock, Inc. 179,896
6 Charles Schwab Corporation 108,553
7 Brookfield Asset Management Inc. 91,030
8 E*TRADE Financial Corporation 47,940
9 Oaktree Capital Group, LLC 44,294
10 CME Group Inc. 40,759

(1) Includes U.S. and Canadian asset managers, investment companies and brokers/dealers.
(2) Financial holding company. Classified as a securities firm by SNL Financial on the basis of its business model.

Source: SNL Financial LC.

 
TOP TEN U.S. SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT COMPANIES BY ASSETS, 2008

($ millions)

Rank Company Assets
1 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1) $884,547
2 Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. 667,543
3 Morgan Stanley (1) 659,035
4 J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 399,545
5 Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC 326,348
6 Citigroup Global Markets Inc. 286,825
7 UBS Securities LLC 253,420
8 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 244,413
9 Barclays Capital Inc. 240,429
10 Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd. (2) 212,944

(1) Converted to a bank holding company in 2008, but is classified as a securities firm by SNL on the basis of its business model. Assets are as of November 31, 2008.
(2) Assets are as of March 31, 2008.

Source: SNL Financial LC.

 
TOP TEN PUBLICLY TRADED U.S. SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT COMPANIES BY ASSETS, 2009 (1)

($ millions, end of year)

Rank Company Assets
1 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (2) $848,942
2 Morgan Stanley (2) 771,462
3 BlackRock, Inc. 178,066
4 Charles Schwab Corporation 75,431
5 Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 69,376
6 Brookfield Asset Management Inc. 61,902
7 MF Global Holdings Ltd. 38,836
8 KKR & Co. L.P. 30,221
9 Jefferies Group, Inc. 28,189
10 IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. 21,885

(1) Includes assets managers, investment companies and broker/dealers.
(2) Financial holding company. Classified as a securities firm by SNL Financial LC on the basis of its business model.

Source: SNL Financial LC.

 
TOP TEN PUBLICLY TRADED U.S. SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT COMPANIES BY ASSETS, 2010 (1)

($ millions, end of year)

Rank Company Assets
1 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (2) $911,332
2 Morgan Stanley (2) 807,698
3 BlackRock, Inc. 178,459
4 Charles Schwab Corporation 92,568
5 Annaly Capital Management, Inc. 83,027
6 Brookfield Asset Management Inc. 78,131
7 MF Global Holdings Ltd. 50,966
8 KKR & Co. L.P. 38,391
9 Jefferies Group, Inc. 36,727
10 IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. 26,642

(1) Includes assets managers, investment companies and broker/dealers.
(2) Financial holding company. Classified as a securities firm by SNL Financial LC on the basis of its business model.

Source: SNL Financial LC.