Financial Analysts study and rate companies helping their clients make sound investment decisions. The Best Financial Analyst is a category that awards a person who delivers excellence in this role.

In selecting those candidates who are demonstrating excellence in this category, you should consider the following key areas:

Deep understanding of companies / industries
This Award should go to an analyst who devotes great care and attention to the quality of the data and the analysis produced. The successful analyst would have added value to the investor community with their view of companies and sectors.

Credibility
This Award should go to an analyst with credibility established by the consistent quality of their market analysis. As key providers of insight into the numbers, the successful Analyst will have demonstrated an ability to do more than just repeat general information; and have shown themselves able to establish high standards in financial analysis.

Investor orientation
This Award should go to an analyst with strong investor orientation, a commitment to be firm and independent, even when their analysis suggests bad news. The winner will have shown themselves to be an independent professional who offers objective advice to the investor community.

Communication skills
This Award should go to an analyst who demonstrates strong analytic and communication skills for the purpose of building reliable, accurate and easily communicated information to both companies and investors.