The Technical Analyst Awards
Winners 2013
RESEARCH & STRATEGY
BEST BANK EQUITY RESEARCH & STRATEGY
Finalists:
BNP Paribas • JP Morgan • Piper Jaffray & Co • PrinceRidge
RBC Capital Markets • UBS
Runner-up:
JP Morgan
Marco Dion, Global Head of Equity Quant Strategy
Winner:
UBS
Peter Lee, Chief Technical Analyst, Wealth Management Research
BEST BANK FX RESEARCH & STRATEGY
Finalists:
Citi • Commerzbank • Credit Suisse • JP Morgan • Lloyds Bank
RBC Capital Markets • UBS
Runner-up:
Commerzbank
Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis
Winner:
RBC Capital Markets
George Davis, Chief Technical Analyst
BEST BANK FIXED INCOME RESEARCH & STRATEGY
Finalists:
Bank of America Merrill Lynch • Citi • Credit Suisse • RBC Capital Markets
Royal Bank of Scotland • UBS
Runner-up:
RBC Capital Markets
George Davis, Chief Technical Analyst
Winner:
UBS
Richard Adcock, Head of Global FICC Technical Strategy
BEST COMMODITIES, ENERGY & POWER RESEARCH & STRATEGY
Finalists:
Bank of America Merrill Lynch • Credit Suisse • FuturesTechs • Sunrise Brokers • Thomson Reuters • United-ICAP
Runner-up:
United-ICAP
Walter Zimmermann, Senior Technical Analyst
Winner:
Credit Suisse
BEST EMERGING MARKETS RESEARCH & STRATEGY
Finalists:
ANZ • CLSA • Informa Global Markets • Lloyds Bank • MTS Research • RBC Capital Markets
Runner-up:
MTS Research
Peter Beuttell, Director
Winner:
RBC Capital Markets
George Davis, Chief Technical Analyst
BEST STOCKBROKER RESEARCH & STRATEGY
Finalists:
Auerbach Grayson & Co. • Aviate Global • Mirabaud Securities • Panmure Gordon & Co • Redburn Partners • Strategas Research Partners • Sunrise Brokers
Runner-up:
Strategas Research Partners
Chris Verrone, Head of Technical Analysis
Winner:
Aviate Global
Riccardo Ronco, Head of Technical Analysis
BEST INDEPENDENT RESEARCH HOUSE FOR EQUITIES
Finalists:
BBSP • Informa Global Markets • Lowry Research • S&P Capital IQ • Stone & McCarthy Research Associates • Trading
Central
Runner-up:
Lowry Research
Paul Desmond, President
Winner:
BBSP
Jean-Charles Gand, Senior Technical Strategist
BEST INDEPENDENT RESEARCH HOUSE FOR FX
Finalists:
3cAnalysis • 4CAST • Informa Global Markets • Market Chartist • MNI • RW Market Advisory • Trading Central
Runner-up:
RW Market Advisory
Ron William, Principal Market Strategist
Winner:
Informa Global Markets
Martin Jones, Chief European Technical Analyst
BEST INDEPENDENT RESEARCH HOUSE FOR FIXED INCOME
Finalists:
4CAST • BBSP • FuturesTechs • Informa Global Markets • Market Chartist • MNI
Runner-up:
FuturesTechs
Clive Lambert, Director
Winner:
Market Chartist
Steve Miley, Director
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH HOUSE OF THE YEAR
Finalists:
4CAST • BBSP • FuturesTechs • Informa Global Markets • RANsquawk • Trading Central
Runner-up:
Trading Central
James Heygate-Browne, Director
Winner:
BBSP
Jean-Charles Gand, Senior Technical Strategist
BEST SPECIALIST RESEARCH
Finalists:
Citi • Finex • Kase and Company • MTS Research • Pivotfarm • RavenPack
Runner-up:
Finex
Andrew Gebhardt, Managing Partner
Winner:
MTS Research
Peter Beuttell, Director
PRODUCTS & SOFTWARE
BEST SPECIALIST PRODUCT
Finalists:
Deltix • FFastFill • NetDania • Recognia • Sentient Trader • TraderMade
Runner-up:
Recognia
Winner:
FFastfill
BEST DATA PROVIDER
Finalists:
ACTIV Financial • Bloomberg • CQG • eSignal • Thomson Reuters
Runner-up:
Thomson Reuters
Winner:
Bloomberg
BEST SPECIALIST DATA PROVIDER
Finalists:
Deltix • OneMarketData • RavenPack • RIMES • Thomson Reuters
Runner-up:
Thomson Reuters
Winner:
RavenPack
BEST AUTOMATED TRADING PRODUCT: EXECUTION
Finalists:
Deltix • EBS (ICAP plc) • FlexTrade Systems • MTS Markets • Portware • Progress Software • smartTrade Technologies
Runner-up:
smartTrade Technologies
Winner:
Deltix
BEST AUTOMATED TRADING PRODUCT: STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT
Finalists:
Deltix • FlexTrade Systems • Progress Software • QuantHouse • Tethys Technology • Tradesignal • Trading Technologies International
Runner-up:
QuantHouse
Winner:
Deltix Inc.
BEST TECHNICAL ANALYSIS PLATFORM
Finalists:
Bloomberg • CQG • Thomson Reuters • TraderMade • Tradesignal • Updata
Runner-up:
Thomson Reuters
Winner:
Bloomberg
OTHER
BOOK OF THE YEAR
Finalists:
Paul Azzopardi – “Why Financial Markets Rise Slowly but Fall Sharply”
Buff Dormeier – “Investing with Volume Analysis”
Jeremy du Plessis – “The Definitive Guide to Point and Figure”
Charles Kirkpatrick & Julie Dahlquist – “Technical Analysis”
Hima Reddy – “The Trading Methodologies of W. D. Gann”
Jack Schwager – “Market Sense and Nonsense”
Runner-up:
Charles Kirkpatrick & Julie Dahlquist – “Technical Analysis”
Winner:
Buff Dormeier – “Investing with Volume Analysis”
TECHNICAL ANALYST OF THE YEAR
Finalists:
Richard Adcock, UBS • Peter Beuttell, MTS Research • George Davis, RBC Capital Markets • Jean-Charles Gand, BBSP • Martin Jones, Informa Global Markets • Peter Lee, UBS • Steve Miley, Market Chartist • Riccardo Ronco, Aviate Global • David Sneddon, Credit Suisse
Winner:
George Davis
Chief Technical Analyst, RBC Capital Markets