Giovanni de la Rosa & teamDeutsche Bank
Rising to second place from third, where it spent the past three years, is Deutsche Bank’s seven-member squad. Directed by Giovanni de la Rosa in Manila, the analysts provide what one client calls a “smart approach” to the 33 companies they cover. The team upgraded Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. from hold to buy way back in November 2009, as a bargain at 41.61 pesos; in January 2011, after the Makati-based commercial investment bank’s shares had bolted 53.7 percent, to 63.94 pesos, they pounded the table, citing loan-demand growth. By the end of March 2012, the stock had catapulted to 87.35 pesos — for an eye-popping 109.9 percent advance since the upgrade that shot past the Philippine broad market’s gain by 69.5 percentage points. “Their corporate access is the best among their peers,” observes another supporter. —Ben Mattlin
Rising to second place from third, where it spent the past three years, is Deutsche Bank’s seven-member squad. Directed by Giovanni de la Rosa in Manila, the analysts provide what one client calls a “smart approach” to the 33 companies they cover. The team upgraded Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. from hold to buy way back in November 2009, as a bargain at 41.61 pesos; in January 2011, after the Makati-based commercial investment bank’s shares had bolted 53.7 percent, to 63.94 pesos, they pounded the table, citing loan-demand growth. By the end of March 2012, the stock had catapulted to 87.35 pesos — for an eye-popping 109.9 percent advance since the upgrade that shot past the Philippine broad market’s gain by 69.5 percentage points. “Their corporate access is the best among their peers,” observes another supporter. —Ben Mattlin