SECOND TEAM

Junhua Mao  China International Capital Corp.

Junhua Mao captured the No. 3 spot last year in Financials; this year we divided the sector into Banks and Insurance, and the China International Capital Corp. analyst lands at No. 2 in Banks. “He has good access to bank regulators,” asserts one fan. Investors also laud Mao, who works out of Beijing, for increasing his visits to clients in Europe and the U.S. last year ­­— but it was a July visit to China’s capital that stands out for many respondents because it led to a buy recommendation on China Citic Bank Corp., at HK$4.94, partly on official reassurances of continued economic stimulus. The Beijing-based commercial lender’s shares soared as high as HK$6.26 in November before sliding to HK$5.56 by the end of April, for a gain of 12.6 percent.