Following Tim Price's article on the slow death of the stockbroker, written from the perspective of a fund manager, here is that of an analyst insider whose City career spanned pre-big bang, when the species hardly existed, to today – when Mifid could be about to hammer a final nail into their coffin. Or maybe not.
Tim asks 'Are analysts necessary'? Well – they certainly weren't before the early '70's, when stockbrokers made their cosy equity commissions on 'tips from the horses mouth' circulating on the Stock Exchange floor (alongside the best jokes from the prisons) at a time when the steady, profitable business in gilts still fed thick reliable gravy to the brokers..
by Evil Knievil| Evil Diaries| 2 mins. to read Following up my piece last week on MP Evans (MPE) and REA (RE.), here are some interesting notes on REA prepared by a friend a couple of days ago.
by Stefania Barbaglio| Economics| 3 mins. to read At the latest Master Investor Show, Jim Mellon, one of the UK's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, revealed his current passion and new investment focus: longevity science.
by Zak Mir | Trading | 1 mins. to read Given that some commentators believe we are on the edge of WWIII, this is a good time to look at a share which appears to be operationally geared to deal with security and terror prevention.
by Adam Patterson | Economics | 8 mins. to read In a previous article on these pages, I examined the outlook for the Brazilian Stock Exchange – the Bovespa – and asked the question if it could sustain 2016's rally.
by Nick Sudbury | Funds | 6 mins. to read It would be easy to dismiss the Frontier Markets as a step too far and just concentrate on the more established Emerging Markets, yet the data suggests that this would be a mistake..
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