Filippo Lo Franco & team J.P. Morgan Cazenove
The buy side says: “The team provides high-quality research and excellent sector knowledge.”
Clients say “detailed, accurate reports that border on prescient” reflect Filippo Lo Franco’s “extraordinary ability to see far beyond mere stock calls.” Lo Franco, 41, captains J.P. Morgan Cazenove’s five-member crew to a second straight appearance in first place. In September the analysts upgraded ITV from neutral to buy, at 58.81p, making the case that strong gains in advertising coupled with the British TV network’s cost-control measures would bolster the company’s bottom line. By the end of December, the stock had risen to 70.05p, tuning in gains of 19.1 percent that bested the sector by 17.4 percentage points. “Great call on ITV,” cheers one grateful client. Notes another: “Filippo’s team showed good timing in their upgrades and recommendations — and they are always a step ahead of the competition in terms of revising the numbers.”