SECOND TEAM
Melanie Flouquet & team J.P. Morgan Cazenove
After having fallen to runner-up last year, the J.P. Morgan Cazenove duo headed by Melanie Flouquet returns to the No. 2 spot it held the year before. Praised by clients for their “keen perspective” and “tendency to use analysis as a tool and not as a means unto itself,” the analysts upgraded Cie. Financière Richemont from hold to buy in April, at Sf41.44, largely on the strength of the Geneva-based watchmaker’s strong growth in emerging markets. By the end of the year, the stock had ticked up gains of 32.7 percent, to close at Sf55.