Brendan Wood International Announces TopGun Investment Minds Industrials Sectors - Europe
26.04.2012, 02:00PALM BEACH, FL, April 26, 2012 (TopGun Press) – Brendan Wood today awarded 12 TopGun designations to exceptional Europe based investment professionals in Industrials sectors. These sectors include the following industries: aerospace, agriculture, automotive, building and construction, chemicals, engineering, environment, forestry, heavy industry, manufacturing and transportation. TopGun Investment Minds were selected by their counterparties namely, Brendan Wood’s Panel of leading sell-side analysts and institutional sales professionals. With over 600 candidates for the TopGun Designation in Europea Industrials, only 12 achieved the ultimate accolade and appeared as a class of their own, essentially singled out for the quality of their investment thinking which underpins the terminology ‘TopGun Investment Mind’ for this award.
While the Panel vote attests to the investment expertise of TopGuns it is equally apparent from the commentary that these exceptional individuals contribute not only to the intellectual depth but also to the civility of the industry. BWI's “Investment Mind” Panel comprises more than 700 of the world's top sell-side analysts and institutional sales professionals from 137 firms, representing over 90% of institutional trading. Investment debriefings with these individuals, focused on investor confidence, take place throughout the year. In addition to their rigorous analysis of the companies they cover, they respond to a series of questions which identify the ‘thought leaders’ on the investment side of the business whose opinions and insight are most highly thought of and influential.
The 2011/2012 European TopGun Investment Minds in Industrials are (in alphabetical order by firm):
Platinum Class
Raphael Fiorentino: AllianceBernstein
Christian Schlimm: Allianz Global Investors
Georges Memmi: Arrowgrass Capital Partners LLP
John Longhurst: PIMCO
Gold Class
Francine Lenoir: Amundi Asset Management
Patrice Collette: Capital Group
Gerd Schubert: Deka Investment GmbH
Christian Vondenbusch: Robeco Group'
Silver Class
Marcel Jongen: Adelphi Capital Management
Niall O'Keeffe: Citadel Group
Arnab Seal: Fidelity International
Adrian Croxson: Och-Ziff Capital Management Group
Platinum Class = Top 8% to 10% of nominations
Gold Class = Top 11% to 15% of nominations
Silver Class = Top 16% to 20% of nominations
TO DISCUSS THE RESULTS Learn more about the implications of this worldwide poll by contacting the project leaders. Brendan Wood International is a Performance and Career Advisor assisting both firms and individuals. The firm has conducted more than 1,000 offsites and management strategy sessions for financial institutions and corporations worldwide. Brendan Wood seeks out optimal financial service relationships for corporations and places TopGun executives and investment professionals in senior rainmaker assignments.
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