The newest class of inductees to the All-America Research Hall of Fame has a plethora of sage advice for those just starting out in the industry: Question the conventional wisdom. Don’t worry about the sector you cover — skills learned in one are easily transferable to others. In this business, credibility is key.
In 2023, three analysts join the elite group of those who have earned a No. 1 ranking ten times or more. Making the Hall of Fame remains a rarefied achievement: This year brings the total number of such analysts since Institutional Investor introduced the survey in 1972 to only 77.
Two of the three are at JPMorgan Chase, which takes second place in the overall survey. One of them, Matthew Boss, who covers retailing department stores and specialty softlines, credits his all-star status to multiple years on the buy side covering consumer at a hedge fund. “It has provided me with a differentiated perspective, having put dollars behind investment decisions and independently created alpha, leveraging proprietary fieldwork and a foundational process,” he says. His colleague Dubravko Lakos-Bujas has buy-side experience as well, having worked at Deutsche Bank in asset management as a portfolio manager and research analyst before joining JPMorgan in 2010 to oversee the equity macro strategy group and the Latin America equity research department. Lakos-Bujas takes first place in both portfolio strategy and quantitative research.
The All-America Hall of Fame is awarded to analysts who have received 10 or more first-place positions in their sectors since the inception of the All-America Research Team.