Equity research analysts

Blinker s Institutional Research Junior Equity Research Analyst... 

The investment banks that underwrote the IPOs of the online brokerages, or those that held large positions in them, most likely had an analyst from the equity research side track and follow their corporate activity. Some investment banks, because they tracked so many companies involved in the online financial services industry, retained special e-finance analysts and groups. 

This phenomenon has had a dramatic effect on strategic planning within large pharmaceutical companies. The resulting abrupt removal of several billion dollars in annual profits makes the maintenance of a strong research and development portfolio absolutely vital. Much has been written by equity analysts over the years about the relative strengths or weaknesses of companies ... 

Per Lekander is equity analyst at the UBS Investment Research. UBS is a premier global financial services firm offering wealth management, investment banking, asset management and business banking services to clients. Lekander s main research interests are concentrated on the emerging carbon market and the related impact of the EU ETS, with a particular focus on the role of the power sector. 

Equity analysts have become an influential factor on the capital markets. Some of the previous researches, such as Womack [8], Barber et al. [9], and Espahbodi et al. [10], even proved that analysts coverage is associated with the positive abnormal returns on the stock. These studies focused on the buy ratings, issued by analysts. 

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