BIG TICKET INVESTORS ARE BUYING BARGAINS… brushing Coronavirus concerns aside, professional investors worry more about a Democratic win in November. For Immediate Release – New York, NY, March 16th, 2020 (TopGun Press) Questions: 1) Are you planning to be a net buyer in the near term 3 months? (Net buyer means own more $ in equities than […]

For Immediate Release – New York, NY, March 12th, 2020 (TopGun Press) Canada’s sell-side Panel of Analysts, Sales Executives and Traders have selected their most respected TopGun investment counter parties in trade 2020. The TopGun Panel singles out individual investment professionals as being the most accomplished professionals in the Canadian investment industry. Nominations this year […]

RBC Global Asset Management, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management and CI Investments lead the field of Canada’s largest managers.  Intact Investment Management leads amongst Mid-Sized Peers. For Immediate Release – New York, NY, March 11th, 2020 (TopGun Press) TopGun Investment Teams 2020 Rank: 1. RBC Global Asset Management 2. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment […]

Canada’s TopGun Club Analysts, Traders & Sales Professionals* Confidential Closed Circuit Communication November 19th, 2019 (TopGun Press) Dear Panel Members and Clients, The Canadian border has been slowly disappearing in recent years, at least as far as the equity investment industry is concerned. Global sector investing continues its expansion on both sides of the North […]

SUPERGUN CEOs Brendan Wood Announces The 2019 SuperGun CEO’s Of The World… As Selected By Shareholders. For Immediate Release – New York, NY, October 29th, 2019 (TopGun Press) The Brendan Wood Shareholder Confidence Index is a scale of ownership related performance metrics which measure CEO’s, Boards, Strategies, Value Growth Forecasts, Momentum, Reporting Transparency, Senior Managements […]

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 […]