NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwired) — 10/08/13 — For a fourth year in a row, leads the , annual ranking of the nation-s best as determined by the world-s leading .
Complete survey results can be found on Institutional Investor-s .
J.P. Morgan captures 47 positions this year, four more than in 2012, and its analysts top 19 of the survey-s 65 sectors. That-s more than twice the number of first-place finishes captured by any other sell-side institution.
, in second place overall, also lays claim to an enviable title this year. Its team-position total increases more than any other firm-s: by seven, to 41. That-s nearly double the net gain enjoyed by J.P. Morgan, which ranks second when firms are measured by this metric.
Morgan Stanley wins the same number of positions as last year — 33 — but rises one notch to No. 3. That-s because Barclays tumbles from second to fourth after losing eight spots, leaving it with 31. – total also falls, from 32 to 28; nonetheless, it repeats in fifth place.
Citi is the biggest upward, jumping from No. 8 to No. 6 after increasing its team total by three, to 26.
, which honors analysts who have finished in first place at least ten times in their respective sectors, welcomes two new members this year: Mark Schoenebaum, who covers biotechnology stocks and pharmaceuticals for ISI Group, and J.P. Morgan-s Michael Weinstein, who reports on companies in the Medical Supplies & Devices sector.
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