Economics & Strategy: Equity Strategy – Third

Pedro Martins Jr. & teamBank of America Merrill Lynch

Taking third-place honors for a second year running is the Bank of America Merrill Lynch trio guided by Pedro Martins Jr., who is headquartered in São Paulo. These strategists “consider all the angles, providing both a top-down and bottom-up view that I find very helpful,” marvels one fund manager. Martins, who also co-leads teams that finish as runners-up for coverage of Argentina and Brazil, left BofA Merrill in July to return to J.P. Morgan, where he will serve as head of Latin American equity research. Martins worked as an equity strategist at J.P. Morgan before joining BofA Merrill in 2005. — Thomas W. Johnson

RUNNER(S)-UP
Carlos Constantini & teamItaú BBA