A total of 17 firms earn at least one first-place position on the 2016 All-Europe Research Team, Institutional Investor’s exclusive annual ranking of the region’s leading sell-side equity analysts:
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Barclays
• Sanford C. Bernstein
• Carnegie Investment Bank
• Citi
• Credit Suisse
• Davy
• Deutsche Bank
• Exane BNP Paribas
• J.P. Morgan Cazenove
• Mediobanca
• Morgan Stanley
• Nomura International
• Rabobank
• Santander Investment Bolsa
• UBS
• Vontobel
Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch are deemed the best in 20 percent of the survey’s categories — nine out of 45 — followed by Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan Cazenove, with six sector victories apiece. Click on the Leaders link in the navigation table at right to view the full list of ranked firms.
This year’s results are remarkably similar to last year’s: Nearly 75 percent of the top-ranked researchers, 32 of the 45, are returning champions. Four advance from second place, three leap from third and three vault from runner-up. Two of this year’s sector winners, Björn Jansson’s team at Carnegie Investment Bank (No. 1 in Nordic Countries) and the Bank of America Merrill Lynch crew captained by Frederic Boulan and David Wright (on top in Telecommunications Services) didn’t rank in 2015. James Gordon and Richard Vosser guide J.P. Morgan Cazenove’s squad to first place in the newly restored Biotechnology sector.
Andrew Wood of Sanford C. Bernstein is the only analyst whose name appears atop two sectors, Food Producers and Household & Personal Care Products — each for a seventh year running.
Listed below by sector are this year’s No. 1 analysts and teams. Click on an individual’s name to view his or her profile. Please note: Free site registration will be requested of anyone who hasn’t already signed up.
Accounting & Valuation
Sarah Deans & team
Citi
Aerospace & Defense
Benjamin Fidler & team
Deutsche Bank
Autos & Auto Parts
Max Warburton
Sanford C. Bernstein
Banks
Michael Helsby, Alastair Ryan & team
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Benelux
David Tailleur & team
Rabobank
Beverages
Trevor Stirling
Sanford C. Bernstein
Biotechnology
James Gordon, Richard Vosser & team
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Building & Construction
Arnaud Lehmann & team
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Business & Employment Services
Robert Plant & team
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Capital Goods
Andreas Willi & team
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Chemicals
Timothy Jones & team
Deutsche Bank
Economics
Mark Wall & team
Deutsche Bank
Equity Strategy
Mislav Matejka & team
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Food Producers
Andrew Wood
Sanford C. Bernstein
France
Ben Spruntulis & team
Exane BNP Paribas
Germany
Andreas Neubauer & team
Deutsche Bank
Household & Personal Care Products
Andrew Wood
Sanford C. Bernstein
Iberia
Juan Ramón Correas & team
Santander Investment Bolsa
Insurance
Blair Stewart & team
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Ireland
Barry Dixon & team
Davy
Italy
Antonio Guglielmi & team
Mediobanca
Leisure & Hotels
Victoria Stern & team
Barclays
Luxury Goods
Luca Solca & team
Exane BNP Paribas
Media
Daniel Kerven & team
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Medical Technologies & Services
Elisabeth Clive
Sanford C. Bernstein
Metals & Mining
Jason Fairclough & team
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Nordic Countries
Björn Jansson & team
Carnegie Investment Bank
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Martinus (Martijn) Rats & team
Morgan Stanley
Oil Services
Christyan Malek & team
Nomura International
Paper & Packaging
Lars Kjellberg
Credit Suisse
Pharmaceuticals
Sachin Jain, Graham Parry & team
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Property
Bart Gysens & team
Morgan Stanley
Quantitative Research
Spyros Mesomeris & team
Deutsche Bank
Retailing/Food
James Anstead & team
Barclays
Retailing/General
Alexander (Warwick) Okines & team
Deutsche Bank
Small- & Midcapitalization Stocks
Eduardo Lecubarri & team
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Specialty & Other Finance
Philip Middleton & team
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Switzerland
Panagiotis Spiliopoulos & team
Vontobel
Technology/Hardware
Gareth Jenkins & team
UBS
Technology/Software
Adam Wood & team
Morgan Stanley
Telecommunications Services
Frederic Boulan, David Wright & team
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Tobacco
James Bushnell & team
Exane BNP Paribas
Transport
Mark Manduca, Angus Tweedie & team
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
United Kingdom
Christian Kern & team
J.P. Morgan Cazenove
Utilities
Alberto Gandolfi & team
UBS
Click on the Best Analysts of the Year in the navigation table to view profiles of the researchers and teams in first, second and third places, and to find information about when they debuted in their sectors, the total number of appearances they have amassed to date, their total appearances at No. 1 (where applicable) and comments from money managers about what distinguishes these analysts from their peers. Also available at that link is a list of squads that earn a runner-up spot in each sector (where applicable). Please note: Information about researchers in the second and third positions, and runners-up, is available to subscribers only.
To learn more about how this ranking was compiled, click on Methodology.
