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Khoi Le Binh
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Deutsche Bank
"He covers select topics in depth."
Deutsche Bank vaults from runner-up all the way to No. 1, thanks in part to research that “analyzes Asian equity markets from unique and innovative quantitative angles,” as one buy-side supporter puts it. The squad of 16 is shepherded by Khoi Le Binh in Hong Kong and earlier this year introduced an Investor Sentiment index, which considers such drivers as first-day returns of initial public offerings, foreign flows, index momentum and proportions of stocks that were overbought or oversold, among others. An April report noted that investor attitudes toward Asia ex-Japan had shifted from slightly positive to slightly negative in March, owing to that month’s declines in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index and a decrease in liquidity. Even so, the analysts noted, “our data show that all Asian markets are still in a bullish period with a general rising trend in sentiment.” Binh, 39, a graduate of Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique in Paris, joined Deutsche Bank in 2010. — Katie Gilbert