| Davy remains dominant as NCB re-emerges |
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| A strong performance from Davy in this year’s survey has seen the firm scoop 13 titles, including re-capturing the ‘Best Irish Equity Research Overall’ title it relinquished to Goodbody in last year’s survey, and winning six of the bond category awards. Goodbody follows closely behind Davy in this year’s survey, scooping 11 titles, including ‘Best Overall Financials Research Service’, and ’Best Economist’. After a number of years of mixed performances NCB has re-emerged as a contender once more, winning a slew of titles, while Merrion’s Adrian O’Carroll and Robert Brisbourne have another great year. |
This year’s survey marks a time of change, as new faces emerge, and old faces re-emerge. On the equity side, Goodbody has emerged as the overall victor, winning a total of 11 categories. In the firm ratings, the stockbroker took some key titles including, ‘Best Overall Construction & Building Materials Research Service’.
As in recent years, the firm’s analysts also put in a stellar performance, winning five individual titles. Stepping into Colin Hunt’s shoes in the ‘Best Economist’ category is Dermot O’Leary, who won the award for the first time.
Davy and NCB tie for second place in this overall section, with seven titles each. Davy will be pleased that it won back key award, ‘Best Irish Equity Research Overall’, after relinquishing its grip on this title to Goodbody in last year’s survey. Elsewhere, Davy holds onto its ‘Best Equity Sales Service’, ‘Best Back Office/Settlement Service’, and ‘Best For Execution Quality/Ability to Deal in Size’ titles. Similarly, Davy’s ‘Weekly Book’ once more wins the title of ‘Best Equity Book’, while Robbie Kelleher makes it three in a row for ‘Best Equity Strategist’.
After an outstanding performance in the survey in 2002, when it swept the board winning the greatest number of categories, NCB has had a mixed experience in the survey over the past number of years. However, this survey shows that the firm is very much back on form, as it has won seven titles, and one of its most well known analysts, John Sheehan, has re-emerged as ‘Analyst of the Year’.
As in last year’s survey, both Adrian O’Carroll and Robert Brisbourne of Merrion performed very strongly for the firm, with O’Carroll winning the title of ‘Best Equity Sales Person’ for the third successive year won. Last year’s ‘Analyst of the Year’, Brisbourne, had another good year in the survey, winning both ‘Best Food & Beverages/Agribusiness Analyst’ and ‘Best Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology Analyst’, as well as ‘Research Report of the Year’ for his report on C&C Magners.
On the international side, Irish based firms such as Collins Stewart and Citigroup performed well, but Merrill Lynch emerged as the overall winner of the ‘International Firm Ratings’ category in this year’s survey, winning three out of five titles overall - ‘Best Overall Equity Research UK’, ‘Best Overall Equity Research EUROPE (excluding UK)’ and ‘Best Overall Equity Research USA’. |
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