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(Corrects in paragraph eight to show Pecriaux works for GLGPartners, not HSBC)
* BoA Merrill Lynch top pan-European equity brokerage
* JPMorgan voted best fund management firm
* GLG Partners wins leading hedge fund prize
By Clare Hutchison
LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Bank of America Merrill Lynch was named top pan-European equity brokerage for a secondstraight year at the annual Thomson Reuters Extel Awards onTuesday, while JPMorgan Asset Management won best fund managerfor the fifth year in a row.
The awards, which were handed out in a ceremony at London'sGuild Hall, are significant badges of honour in the industry asthey are based on the votes of thousands of industry insiders.
Strong votes can secure bragging rights for winning firmsand, for highly rated individuals, can result in lucrative joboffers and pay rises.
In a repeat of 2013's results, Bank of America Merrill Lynchscooped the prize for leading pan-European brokerage in equityand equity-linked research, ahead of 12-time winner UBS. Morgan Stanley remained in third place.
JPMorgan Asset Management was joined in the topthree in the best fund manager category by Wellington Managementand Fidelity Worldwide Investment, which last year placed fifthand fourth respectively.
Among individual prize winners was Andrew Wood of Sanford C.Bernstein, who for the eighth consecutive year took home thetrophy for leading pan-European equity analyst.
JPMorgan Asset Management's Peter Lawrence reclaimed thetitle of top fund management individual from Philip Guest of UBSGlobal Asset Management, who came second.
Niels Pecriaux, of GLG Partners, climbed nine places tofinish third in that category.
GLG Partners was for the second straight year named tophedge fund, with Tudor Capital in second. Moore CapitalManagement jumped from sixth to third.
The awards also cover companies' investor relations teams.Germany's Deutsche Telekom took the top spot,followed by Swiss drugmaker Roche and French media andtelecoms group Vivendi.
The Extel awards are based on a survey conducted by ThomsonReuters between the end of March and early May. This yearattracted a record level of participation, with more than 16,000individuals from around 6,300 brokerages, fund managers,research houses and major European companies taking part.
WeConvene, a web-based platform that allows the investmentcommunity access to companies, said on Monday it had agreed toacquire Extel from Thomson Reuters in a deal expectedto close by the end of June. No financial details weredisclosed. (Editing by David Holmes)
