| Davy dominates but others perform well |
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| As in past years, Davy Stockbrokers continues to dominate the ‘Best firm’ categories in this year’s survey, winning six out of seven titles on offer. However, the other firms also polled well, with Goodbody following close behind Davy, and Merrion moving up the rankings. |
Quality of equity research is what fund managers look for most in stockbrokers, and according to this year’s survey, the stockbroker who provides the best equity research is Davy.
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Last year Goodbody won this award for only the second time, but this year Davy’s dominance in this category has returned.
The second most important factor fund managers look for is execution services/ability to deal in size, and as was the case last year, Davy has again won this category, beating Goodbody into second place.
On the sales side, Davy reigns supreme, holding onto its title, while the other firms also hold onto their positions from last year.
With respect to back-office settlement services, Davy also comes out on top, followed by regular runner-up Goodbody.
With two Davy analysts coming out in the top five in the ‘Best financials analyst’ category, it is not surprising that the firm has also won the ‘Best financials team’ category, followed by Merrion, whose analyst Seamus Murphy won the ‘Best financials analyst’ category.
Davy’s mid-cap team has also won the award for having the best research and sales in this category, narrowly beating runner-up Goodbody.
The only title not to go to Davy in this section, is the ‘Best for objectivity of research’ title, which Merrion has won for the second time since it was introduced last year. Goodbody is again runner-up in this category.
After emerging as the overall winner of the survey back in 2002, NCB’s performance has faltered, but it polled well in the ‘Best overall mid-cap team’ category. |
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