Loredana Serra & team

摘要

After tying with Credit Suisse for third place last year, the three-member Morgan Stanley troupe led by New York-based Loredana Serra zooms to No. 1. for the first time since 2001. Praised by one money manager for being "particularly strong" at stock picking, the team urged clients in March to buy the ADRs of Sao Paulo-based Cia. de Bebidas das Americas, at $46.15, citing strong earnings at the region's biggest brewery. By late July AmBev's shares had bubbled up 52.4 percent, to $70.33. In second place for a second straight year is the three-strong Bof A-Merrill squad led by Robert Ford, described by one client as "one of the most respected analysts in the sector."