Regina Longo Sanchez & team Itaú BBA

Itaú BBA’s São Paulo–based trio under Regina Longo Sanchez debuts at No. 3; the team also claims a runner-up position in Financials/Banks. “Regina is extremely on top of industrywide and company-specific events, which has been a huge help for clients not located in Brazil,” explains one grateful investor. The analysts launched coverage of Brazil’s Valid Soluções e Serviços de Segurança em Meios de Pagamento e Identificação in July 2011 with an outperform rating, at 18.52 reais, partly on the credit card and blank check printer’s expansion into government identification cards and cell phone SIM cards. The stock vaulted 63.3 percent, to 30.25 reais, and shot past the sector by 65.1 percentage points, through mid-July. — Ben Mattlin

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