OREANDA-NEWS. June 20, 2014. Sberbank Investment Research, the research division of Sberbank CIB and one of the most experienced analytical teams in the market, has once again achieved a number of top positions in the Russian categories of the prestigious Thomson Reuters Extel Pan-Europe Survey 2014.

Sberbank Investment Research was voted Russia’s Leading Brokerage Firm and Kingsmill Bond, Chief Strategist, Managing Director, took first place as the Leading Research Analyst for Russia, with his colleagues, Andrew Keeley, Alex Fak, Oleg Maximov and Evgeny Gavrilenkov all taking top ten places in the same category. Additionally, Sberbank Investment Research sector teams and its analysts topped four sectors – Banks & other Financial, Economic & Macro, Equity Strategy, and Oil & Gas. Sberbank CIB was also ranked second place in Equity Sales and third position for Trading and Execution in the rankings.

Paolo Zaniboni, Head of Research, Managing Director, commented: “This year’s Extel survey results have once again reinforced Sberbank Investment Research’s position at the forefront of market research and analysis across Russia and the CIS region. We pride ourselves on producing independent market insight that helps our clients to achieve a competitive advantage. I am delighted that the team’s continued efforts to achieve this objective have been recognised by the global investor community through this ranking.”

Now in its 41st year, the Thomson Reuters Extel rankings recognize the world's top analysts, brokerages, buy-side firms, funds, and investor relations teams. The breadth and depth of the award’s programmes, which saw a record number of over 750,000 votes cast by 16,000 investment professional across 75 countries in 2014, make the survey a uniquely guide to the world's leading investment professionals.

Sberbank Investment Research provides market leading equity and fixed income investment ideas as part of the Global Markets business of Sberbank CIB. Led by Paolo Zaniboni and supported by Alexander Kudrin, Head of Fixed Income Research, Managing Director, the department performs comprehensive analyses of the market and publishes analytical reports covering individual issuers and industry sectors for its institutional investor client base. The Economics Department, a separate division of Sberbank CIB, publishes monthly economic reports and the “Chief Economist’s View.” The division is headed by Evgeny Gavrilenkov, Chief Economist, Managing Director.