Awards & Recognition

Baird provides acclaimed equity research, sales, trading and corporate access to institutional clients around the world – and our equities expertise and reputation as a great place to work have garnered recognition from a variety of industry resources.

Baird’s Global Institutional Equities & Research Services and Capabilities

For the last decade, Baird’s global equities platform has been consistently recognized in Coalition Greenwich’s annual survey. We’re proud to share Baird achieved strong rankings in 2023, including:¹

1 for Small-/Mid-Cap Equities Trading
1 for Industrials Trading
1 for Algo Customization
1 for Dark Liquidity Algos

¹Coalition Greenwich’s 2023 surveys of North American Equity Investors. Surveys conducted with 95 small-cap and mid-cap fund managers and 235 traders. Rankings for qualitative metrics based on leading research firms in surveys.

	Peter Benedict, Senior Research Analyst covering Retail/Consumer Products & Services, ranked among the top 1% of all analysts. His team includes Justin Kleber, CFA, Senior Research Analyst; Zak Beeck, Research Associate; and Debbie Mahan, Senior Research Coordinator.
	Shrenik Kothari, Senior Research Analyst covering Security and Infrastructure Software, ranked in the top 1% of all analysts. His team includes Zach Schneider, Research Analyst; and Talitha Hellams, Senior Research Coordinator.
	Peter Arment, Senior Research Analyst covering Aerospace & Defense, ranked in the top 2% of all analysts. His team includes Jan-Frans Engelbrecht, Senior Research Associate; and Talitha Hellams, Senior Research Coordinator.
	David Koning, CFA, Associate Director of Research and Senior Research Analyst covering Financial Technology, Payments & Services, ranked in the top 2% of all analysts. His team includes Robby Bamberger, CFA, Senior Research Associate; Jacob Haggarty, Research Analyst; and Laice Perry, Research Coordinator.
	Andrew Wittmann, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering Facility and Industrial Services (Engineering & Construction), ranked among the top 2% of all analysts. His team includes Justin Hauke, Senior Research Analyst; Rohan Vasudeva, Research Analyst; and Brenda Frazier, Senior Research Coordinator.
	David Manthey, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering Industrial Distribution & Environmental Services, ranked in the top 2% of all analysts. His team includes Quinn Fredrickson, CFA, Senior Research Associate; Inara Khan, Research Analyst; and Bridget Cavanagh, Senior Research Coordinator.
	William Power, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering Cloud Software, ranked among the top 2% of all analysts. His team includes Yanni Samoilis, Research Analyst; and Talitha Hellams, Senior Research Coordinator.
	Jonathan Komp, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering Active Lifestyles: Apparel, Footwear & Fitness, ranked among the top 3% of all analysts. His team includes Alex Conway, CFA, Research Associate; and Trina Deltuva, Senior Research Specialist.
	Colin Sebastian, Senior Research Analyst covering Internet, ranked in the top 3% of all analysts. His team includes Colin Loyet, Research Analyst; Zak Witazek, Research Analyst; and Debbie Mahan, Senior Research Coordinator.
	David Tarantino, CFA, Director of Equity Research and Senior Research Analyst covering Restaurants, ranked among the top 3% of all analysts. His team includes Mary Hodes, Senior Research Associate; Drew North, CFA, Senior Research Associate; and Hayley Richter, Senior Research Specialist.
	Joe Vruwink, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering Vertical Software, ranked in the top 4% of all analysts. His team includes Peter Karos, Senior Research Associate; and Martha LoCoco, Research Coordinator.
	Joel Beatty, MD, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering BioTechnology, ranked in the top 5% of all analysts. His team includes Christopher Chen, Research Analyst, and Cynthia Plucinski, Senior Research Coordinator.
	Michael Halloran, CFA, Associate Director of Research and Senior Research Analyst covering Flow & Motion Solutions, ranked in the top 5% of all analysts. His team includes Michael Pesendorfer II, Senior Research Associate; Trent Meyer, Research Analyst; and Arianna Soto, Research Specialist.
	Catherine Ramsey Schulte, Senior Research Analyst covering Life Sciences & Diagnostics, ranked in the top 5% of all analysts. Her team includes Thomas Peterson, Senior Research Associate; Josh Montpas, Research Analyst; and Andrea Mehre, Research Specialist.
	Mircea (Mig) Dobre, CFA, Associate Director of Research and Senior Research Analyst covering Machinery & Diversified Industrial, ranked among the top 5% of all analysts. His team includes Joe Grabowski, CFA, Senior Research Associate; Peter Kalemkerian, Research Analyst; and Julie Valentine, Senior Research Coordinator.
	Mark Marcon, CFA, Senior Research Analyst covering Human Capital Technology & Solutions, ranked in the top 5% of all analysts. His team includes Alexander Sinatra, Research Analyst; and Martha LoCoco, Research Coordinator.

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