Awards & Accolades
Baird has earned consistently high rankings for research, sales, trading and corporate access in Greenwich Associates’ annual surveys of fund managers since 2004.
Baird research analysts have been recognized annually in the StarMine Analyst Awards since their inception in 2001.
Overall Ranking |
2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| “Overall quality in sales, corporate access and research“ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Research Rankings |
2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| “Important small-/mid-cap research advisory firm” | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| "Overall research and analyst service quality" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| "Quality of analyst service" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| "Greatest knowledge of companies and industries" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Sales & Corporate Access Rankings |
2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| “Overall sales and corporate access quality” | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| "Capability of sales professional" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| "Best tailors research to investors" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| “Important firm for small-/mid-cap corporate access” | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| "Most useful conferences and seminars" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Trading
Baird was recognised as the top-ranked trading firm for small- and mid-cap equities among middle-market research firms in Greenwich's 2021 survey.
Greenwich Associates’ 2021 surveys of North American Equity Investors. Surveys conducted with 95 small-cap and mid-cap fund managers, 138 generalist portfolio managers and 236 traders. Rankings for qualitative metrics based on leading research firms in surveys.