NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Mar 25, 2014) - BASF, Allianz and Henkel are the top-ranked German companies in the 2014 All-Europe Executive Team survey, Institutional Investor's annual survey of portfolio managers and analysts and sell-side equity research professionals around the world.
Strong votes from both buy-siders and sell-siders place BASF, Allianz and Henkel in the highest positions among German companies and their respective industry sectors in Europe (Chemicals, Insurance and Household & Personal Care). CEOs Kurt Bock from BASF, Michael Diekmann from Allianz, and Kasper Rorsted from Henkel claim top-ranked positions in the survey -- as do their Chief Financial Officers, IR Professionals and investor relations programs overall.
German companies continue their strong presence in the 2014 All-Europe Executive Team survey. The country is ranked across 127 first, second or third-place positions in the survey.
Other top-rated German companies in the 2014 study include:
- BMW in Autos & Auto Parts
- Continental in Autos & Autos Parts
- Fresenius in Medical Technologies & Services
- SAP in Technology/Software
- Deutsche Telekom in Telecommunications Services
- Volkswagen in Autos & Auto Parts
- Fresenius Medical Care in Medical Technologies & Services
- Deutsche Post in Transport
- Munich Re in Insurance
- Lanxess in Chemicals
- ProSiebenSat.1 Media in Media
- alstria office REIT in Property
- Linde in Chemicals
- Merck in Pharmaceuticals
The 2014 All-Europe Executive Team is based on the votes of 832 portfolio managers and analysts from buy-side investment firms and 1,238 analysts from sell-side firms. An in-depth feature article profiling the 2014 All-Europe Executive team will be featured in the April 2014 issue of Institutional Investor magazine as well as online at www.institutionalinvestor.com.
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