| A fixture on the All-America Research Team for more than two decades — he has appeared 18 times in 21 years, including seven visits to the winner’s circle — Guy Moszkowski lands in third place for a third consecutive year. “Guy is a true independent voice,” declares one backer. Supporters single out the analyst’s March downgrade of Lazard from neutral to underperform, at $30.57, on a cyclical slowdown in M&A activity and poor cost management, among other factors. By mid-June, when Moszkowski left Bank of America Merrill Lynch in preparation for his new stint as CEO of London-based Autonomous Research’s U.S. operations, shares of the Hamilton, Bermuda–headquartered investment bank had dropped 25.5 percent, to $22.77. RUNNER(S)-UP Michael Carrier Roger Freeman William Katz Glenn Schorr Kenneth Worthington |
