THIRD TEAM

Spyros Mesomeris & team Deutsche Bank

Newcomer Spyros Mesomeris leads the Deutsche Bank trio to a third-place debut. In August the analysts devised a model based on investor fund flows and other economic links between countries that shows investors how to profit from the interdependence of stock markets along a chain of trade. “The timing of this fresh and innovative strategy was perfect, as more and more investors are focusing on country selection” in the midst of the sovereign-debt crisis, observes one booster.