Brendan Wood Releases Canadian Equity Research Sales and Trading Performance Report RBC takes the 2019 Research Trophy with Scotia and BMO close behind. Confidential Closed Circuit Communication October 24th, 2019 Dear Panel Members & Clients, Times Have Changed From here onward we will be producing Brendan Wood’s intelligence on this industry on a North America […]

Canadian TopGunSM Investment Minds and The TopGunSM Buy-Side Traders Canada Stocks 2018/2019 RBC Global Asset Management and CI Investments topped the Large Canadian Managers. Intact Investment Management and Desjardins Global Asset Management led the Mid-Sized Managers. For Immediate Release – New York, NY, March 26th, 2019 (TopGunSM Press) Dear Panel Members and Clients, Canada’s sell-side […]

TOPGUN CFOs Brendan Wood International Announces TopGunSM CFOs … As Rated By Global Shareholders For Immediate Release – New York, NY, February 13th, 2019 (TopGunSM Press) TopGunSM Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in the big cap universe are a rare and powerful executive breed, many of whom will number amongst future Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of […]

Delivering Shareholder Confidence Released by Brendan Wood International For Immediate Release – New York, NY, January 30th, 2019 (TopGunSM Press) Brendan Wood International is pleased to accredit the elite corps of Investor Relations Officers (IRO’S) as members of the TopGunSM Club. These exceptional executives were objectively selected by the shareholders of the companies they serve. […]

Released by Brendan Wood International Confidential Closed Circuit Communication January 14th, 2019 Dear Panel Members & Clients, In seeking to identify and calibrate sales performance each year, the Brendan Wood team consults the ultimate authorities, namely the customers, in this case Canada’s big ticket asset managers. The majority of big league Canadian equity buyers participate in […]

Released by Brendan Wood International Confidential Closed Circuit Communication January 8th, 2019 Dear Panel Members & Clients, The Canadian securities business has changed considerably over the last couple of decades. That could be said about almost any industry but the capital markets have been particularly challenged. One compelling trend is the sell side industry’s now long […]

BMO Reclaims Title as No. 1 Research House in Canada Released by Brendan Wood International Confidential Closed Circuit Communication December 5th, 2018 Dear Panel Members & Clients, After an eight year hiatus from its 29 consecutive year reign in the Number 1 spot, BMO retook the title in 2018, a year of intense competition exacerbated by […]

The Team at Wellington Management Co. Leads the 2018 TopGunSM Marathon Closed Circuit Communication Q1 2018 Brendan Wood International is pleased to announce the designated TopGunSM Investment Minds in the US 2018. This competition, now in its eighth year, singles out individual investment professionals as being the most enlightened and disciplined professionals in the US […]

For Immediate Release –TORONTO, ONTARIO, September 22nd , 2017 Brendan Wood International announced today it has released the 2017 Canadian Equities Research, Sales and Trading Performance Report. The 2017 report, comprising 500+ portfolio debriefings of institutional investors who trade Canadian Equities, was confidentially released yesterday to the senior management teams of subscriber firms doing Canadian […]

This week’s reporting from Brendan Wood’s shareholder panel will determine the influence of healthcare intransigence, the perceived efficacy of the Republican Party and shareholder confidence in the U.S. growth agenda. At the end of last week the short term Shareholder Confidence Model called for hedges and an upward adjustment to cash. Sellers and buyers were […]

March 20th 2017 WORLD TOPGUNSM CLUB BOARDS – RATED BY SHAREHOLDERS  Partial List* CURRENT BOARD RATING CURRENT CEO RATING CORPORATE STRATEGY RATING Starbucks Corp. Top 1 Percent Top 1 Percent Top 1 Percent Costco Wholesale Corporation Top 1 Percent Top 1 Percent Top 3 Percent Hermes International Top 1 Percent Top Decile Top 1 Percent […]

March 13th 2017 Bottom Gun Boards – Rated by Shareholders – Partial List* Staples, Inc. Pearson PLC Unibet Group PLC TNT Express NV TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC Hudson’s Bay Co. Svenska Cellulosa TeleKom Austria AG DISH Network Corp Stora Enso Oyj Terex Corporation PostNL Telecom Italia Yahoo! Inc Deutsche Post AG Hertz Global Holdings Merck […]

RBC Global Asset Management & Connor, Clark & Lunn Top the Polls. Intact Investment Management and Mawer Investment Management Lead Amongst Mid-Sized Managers. For Immediate Release – TORONTO, Canada, March 7th, 2017 (TopGun Press) – Each year, the sell-side community of the investment industry takes its measure of the buy-side, nominating those portfolio managers and […]

February 27th, 2017 • World’s largest shareholders (~$18 trillion USD) • Unprecedented commitment to 1400 big cap names at historic levels • No material change in conviction Pre versus Post US election • 100 winners and losers…sharp selection tools underpin conviction *Comparsion dates chosen November 1st 2016 to February 27th 2017 STOCKHOLDER CONVICTION INDEX HOLDS ON […]

Brendan Wood International will be announcing the TopGun Institutional Sales Professionals and Sell-Side Traders for 2016 in the coming months. Who won in 2015? For Immediate Release – Toronto, ON, May 25th, 2016 (TopGun Press) 2015 TopGun Sales Professionals and Sell-Side Traders Covering Canadian Equities Who Selected the TopGuns? BWI’s global panel includes several hundred […]