Commerzbank once again awarded top position for equity research and sales in Germany

In this year's Institutional Investor (formerly Extel) survey of equity professionals in Europe and the United States, Commerzbank has confirmed its top position in German equity research, sales and corporate access. This seamlessly follows on from the Bank’s Top 1 and 2 rankings in the Extel category ‘Germany - Leading Brokerage Firm’ of the past 10 years.

With regard to research sectors with a German-related focus, Commerzbank leads in ‘Financials’, ‘Industrials’ and ‘Information Technology’, and comes second in ‘Consumer Discretionary’,' ‘Materials’ and ‘Small & Mid Cap Stocks’. Commerzbank is also ranked first and second, respectively, in the European categories, ‘Equity Technical Analysis & Charting’ and ‘Index Analysis’.

In ‘Corporate Access: Overall Germany’ the Bank earned top marks for ‘Conferences’, ‘Roadshows’, ‘Field Trips’, ‘Logistics’ and ‘Team Quality’ related to Germany.

‘We have always maintained our quality promise of a first-class research offering and are very grateful that customers value this,’ said Christoph Dolleschal, Head of Equity Research & Strategy and Deputy Head of Research at Commerzbank. ‘In this challenging time, too, the scope and quality of our product range has not suffered. It pays to note that a year ago we completely digitalised the research production, so there were no restrictions on home office activities.’

In the survey of more than 1,200 financial institutions for the European equity market, Commerzbank analysts achieved outstanding results in several individual rankings: The two best analysts in the ‘Overall Germany Research’ category are members of the Commerzbank Research team: Andreas Huerkamp (first place) and Achim Matzke, Head of Technical Analysis & Index Research (second place). In addition, Commerzbank analysts captured a further twenty ‘Top 10’ positions in various categories with a German-related focus, twelve of which were in the Top 3.