THIRD TEAM

Claudia Panseri & team Société Générale

Société Générale’s four-member team under newcomer Claudia Panseri rises from runner-up to third place. The Paris-based strategists “have a fund manager’s insights into portfolio construction,” observes one aficionado. Arguing in favor of the consumer sector as undervalued, the team added Chertsey, England–based caterer Compass Group to its preferred list in December 2009, at 449.40p. The stock served up gains of 29.3 percent, reaching 581p, through December 2010, and outperformed the sector by 22.2 percentage points.