Competition for 'star analyst' status could be losing its lustre

Here is a story that many analysts on the mainland probably won't tell you. It's the story behind the story of how analysts actually become known as "stars".

Every year for the past decade around this time, the big bosses in charge of research teams at all the major securities firms such as Citic Securities and Shenyin Wanguo Securities are focused on one thing: lobbying their clients - mostly fund managers - to vote for their analysts to be among the "best analysts in China", an annual contest run by mainland business magazine New Fortune.

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