Financial Services >> Sector Roundtables >> January 24, 2005
MATTHEW E. FISCHER, Senior Analyst, Financial Services at Independent
Research Group, was formerly at Prudential Equity Group, LLC, where he
was an associate analyst covering the securities industry. Mr. Fischer
also worked at Merrill Lynch, most recently in corporate reengineering,
where he analyzed the structure of Merrill's internal business units
globally and developed ways to leverage the firm's global presence more
efficiently. He earned a BA in Economics from Indiana University and an
MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College,
with a concentration in applied investments and finance. Profile
E. ROBERT HANSEN III joined the Equity Research division of Standard &
Poor's Equity Group in 2003 and covers financial services companies.
Previously, he was a Vice President in the Equity Division of the U.S.
Trust Company from 2000, where he was responsible for stock selection
within the financial services sector. Before U.S. Trust, he followed
enterprise hardware companies at Merrill Lynch from 1998. Prior to
joining Merrill Lynch, he followed communications equipment companies at
Morgan Stanley, where he played an instrumental role in several initial
public offerings. He received a Master's degree in Business
Administration from the Darden School at the University of Virginia and
graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in economics from Colgate University.
He is a Chartered Financial Analyst, a member of the New York Society of
Security Analysts and is registered with both the NYSE and NASD. Profile
perspective for the brokerage industry?
Mr. Fischer: 2004 was an interesting year. We had two fairly weak
quarters sandwiched
