Carlos Eduardo Sequeira, who has led the BTG Pactual team since 2010 and this year guides the threesome to a second straight third-place finish, is adept at “interacting with equity analysts to select the best ideas,” applauds one backer. A current favorite among the 144 stocks the researchers cover is BM&F Bovespa, the stock exchange located in São Paulo. Recommended on its “highly promising full clearing integration, to be completed in 2014, and recent volume gains in electronic trading funds and equity options,” the Rio de Janeiro–based captain explains, the stock was trading at 12.65 reais in mid-July; the trio has a target price of 15.50 reais. “We see upside potential coming from a vast number of companies to debut in the Bovespa,” he adds. Sequeira also pilots a runner-up team in Technology, Media & Telecommunications. — Paul Sweeney |
Countries – Brazil: Third