在大规模信用相关损失的重量下呻吟，许多全球银行在过去的一年中消除了研究职位和缩放股票覆盖范围。不是ISI集团。基于纽约的独立研究公司一直在扩大其股权研究台，并已挑选出一些街道最受欢迎的分析师。
ISI’s latest hire is Heather Bellini, who joined last month from UBS and has been No. 1 in the Software sector on the All-America Research Team, II’s annual ranking of the nation’s leading equity analysts, since 2006. The firm also nabbed two former Merrill Lynch & Co. analysts, Stephen Sakwa (leader of last year’s No. 1 team in REITs) and Edward Najarian (No. 2 last year in Banks/Large-Cap).
“尽管众多担心银行和房地产地区的行业可能在延长的时间内持续压力，但我们的结论是，他们的业务最终会反弹并觉得如果我们有覆盖这些地区的顶级分析师，我们将最好地服务，”Vinayak Singh解释说，“Vinayak Singh解释说：”Vinayak Singh，ISI’s institutional sales and trading head. ISI is used to having award-winning researchers within its ranks, but these recent hires have a long way to go to match the record set by firm co-founder Ed Hyman. He has held the top spot in Economics for a mind-boggling 29 straight years.