The 2007 Globe 100 | The Best of Massachusetts Business

Finance

Steady performer State Street -- one of only four companies to appear in all 19 Globe 100 lists -- had another strong year as a robust stock market helped propel many financial services firms. The company it plans to acquire in 2007, Investors Financial Services, reported strikingly similar gains. First Marblehead shook off ethics woes that led to the resignation of its former chief executive in 2005, posting big revenue gains servicing student loans for lenders.
Ranked by revenue in 2006

	Company	Revenue (millions)	Change (percent)
1	State Street Corp.	$6,296.0	15.4
2	Hanover Insurance Group	$2,644.1	0.8
3	Commerce Group	$1,949.5	3.5
4	Affiliated Managers Group	$1,170.4	27.7
5	Eaton Vance Corp.	$898.8	15.5
6	Investors Financial Services Corp.	$803.6	15.5
7	First Marblehead Corp.	$794.7	57.3
8	Safety Insurance Group	$680.7	1.4
9	Interactive Data Corp.	$612.4	12.8
10	Boston Private Financial Holdings	$338.7	31.3