The Smith Barney deal catapulted it to the top spot, with 18, 000 brokers and $1.6 trillion in client assets.

美邦交易跃上榜首，它拥有18000名经纪人及1.6万亿美元的客户资产。

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The other big winners in financial services in 2009 will be those best able to mobilise capital and spot undervalued assets.

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It must also review its supervisory system, which failed to spot the impending havoc from toxic property assets held by banks that had lent crazily to developers.

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But NatWest, Britain's biggest bank by assets, is meanwhile facing a spot of bother.

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