It's the big one. We lift the lid on the firms and analysts who've excelled this year in the 54th annual survey of America's research providers. No change at #1 for J.P. Morgan but this year the silver medal is shared this year by BofA Securities and Morgan Stanley, reinforcing the competitive nature of this survey. The results are here and an accompanying article exploring the data and also insights from the heads of research from J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities and Morgan Stanley is here.

We also welcome three new names to the hallowed corridors of Extel's Hall of Fame after they notched up 10 first place analyst positions. Step forward, Jonathan Atkin from RBC, Scott Group from Wolfe Research and Stephen Kim from Evercore ISI. Alexandra DeLuca caught up with them to hear their thoughts and you can read the piece here.

And we discover new analysts to watch, those who've earned their first #1 place: Haim Israel, BofA Securities - Thematic Investing; Josh Spector, UBS – Chemicals; Peter Supino, Wolfe Research - Cable, Satellite & Telecom Services; Jeremy Tonet, J.P. Morgan - Midstream & Natural Gas; Michael Youngworth, BofA Securities - Convertible Bonds. Read more on these analysts here.