Kam Keung (Oscar) Choi Citi
The buy side says: “He has a good network of contacts and organizes the best property tours.”
Citi’s Kam Keung (Oscar) Choi captures the crown for a second straight year, thanks in part to his “excellent stock-call track record,” according to one fund manager. Here are two examples: Choi, 33, initiated coverage with a buy rating on Longfor Properties Co. back in December 2009, at HK$8.19, citing the Beijing-based diversified property developer’s expansion in Changzhou, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Shanghai and other cities. The stock shot up 51.9 percent, to HK$12.44, and bested the sector by 60 percentage points, through April 2011. In October, Choi initiated with a buy on homebuilder Evergrande Real Estate Group, at HK$2.85, largely on the developer’s ballooning market share. Shares of the company, which is headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong, surged to HK$5.54, a gain of 94.4 percent, through April; during the same period the sector slipped 3.2 percent. “Oscar responds quickly to market developments,” cheers one backer.