About Us
EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT RESEARCH PROVIDERS
The European Association of Independent Research Providers is the trade body for the European independent investment research industry. It was set up in 2005 with the following four goals:
- To enhance the awareness and reputation of independent research
- To change the perception that research is free
- To work with regulators and investors to promote the awareness and acceptance of payment structures
- To improve the regulatory and fiscal environment in which independent research firms operate
EuroIRP is affiliated with Investorside Research Association in the US, and the two associations work closely on issues impacting our members.
Board Members
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Hans Plugge, one of the founding members of Independent Minds, started up in July 2001. Before that, he was Joint General Manager of the London Branch of Bank Labouchere. Having started his career at the Dutch merchant Bank Pierson Heldring & Pierson in Amsterdam (now part of Fortis Bank), he moved to the UK to set up the Dutch equity brokerage activities for PHP in London. After a stint in Tokyo, he rejoined the London Office and became a Director of MeesPierson Securities (UK) Ltd.
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Following an education in electronics and economics, Jan van der Meulen started his professional carrier as an economist in the international research department of the NMB, today’s ING, in 1971. Up to 1985, he worked in several research and managerial positions and represented the NMB in various international committees on matters of macroeconomic research, investment research and investment consultancy. In 1986, he founded an independent research provider Financiele Diensten Amsterdam, of which he has been the managing director ever since. He has always been a staunch defender of uncompromised research.
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Co-founder of Japaninvest, Mark has 17 years of Japanese equity sales experience gained at JP Morgan, where he was one of five Global Product Distribution Leaders, Robert Fleming and BZW. Mark has an MA in History from St John's College Cambridge and also read Economic History at Pavia University, Italy.
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After four years as the #1 rated technology analyst in Europe, Richard left Goldman Sachs where he was head of technology research to form the first independent technology research group in Europe in January 2000. Unlike other analysts, Arete has no conflicts of interest preventing their telling the truth about technology. After the scandals surrounding deceptive and poor quality analysis, Arete has found an increasing demand for its independent views on telecoms, software, semis and services. Richard has an industry background, having worked for Nortel and at a prestigious Columbia University economics think tank before six years in the City of London.
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Valérie Gastaldy started her career as a derivative market-maker, and then prop’trader for French Agents de Change Meeschaert-Rousselle and Tuffier-Ravier-Py. She quickly found herself in need for a reactive, short-term decision-making tool, and made her first steps in technical analysis driven by necessity. As time passed, and as she built more experience from her methodology, she specialized in two areas: anticipating long term market trends from the study of economic cycles, and combining it to market psychology to assess the various stages of price dynamics.
Expert analysis skills and a communicating enthusiasm for research make her an excellent ambassador for DayByDay where she now acts as Commercial Director.
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