05/30/2008

By Martin Dickson, deputy editor

The Financial Times is delighted to be launching its first annual awards for the top equity analysts and brokerages around the world, in collaboration with StarMine, the research analytics company.

This special report gives details of the awards, which were presented to winners at a dinner at the New York Stock Exchange last night. It also highlights some significant trends pinpointed by the data. Yet more information can be found on our website at www.ft.com/topanalysts2008.

The FT and StarMine have collaborated in the past on some regional analysts’ awards, but this year we are taking the partnership global.

StarMine pioneered the quantitative measurement of research performance and employs a methodology respected and widely used by investment banks and fund managers around the world.

Top quality research is very valuable – literally so for those who make investment decisions based on it – and we are delighted to be celebrating the achievements of our winners.

Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2008