UBS Tops Institutional Investor’s 2010 European Equity-Research Poll
by admin on 02/02/10 at 7:07 pm
UBS AG was voted Europe’s top brokerage for equity research for a 9th straight year in a poll for Institutional Investor magazine. Nomura Holdings Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Credit Suisse Group AG tied for 2nd.
A total of 28 analyst teams at Zurich-based UBS were voted among the best researchers in the region, the [...]
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