Asset Management

Bearish banking analyst switches to BlackRock weeks after Mifid II

As fund managers cut back on research, one high-profile analyst has switched sides

Bearish banking analyst switches to BlackRock weeks after Mifid II

A notoriously bearish banking analyst, who has consistently called for structural changes to his own industry, has jumped to a large asset manager just weeks after the introduction of wide-ranging regulation shaking-up bank research.

James Chappell, who had led the banking research team at Berenberg for the last five years, joined BlackRock today, a spokesman for the €6.3tn asset manager confirmed to Financial News.

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