Landsbanki Kepler's 64 analysts cover 473 stocks across 35 sectors in Continental Europe. In May 2006, the product line was merged with Teather & Greenwood | Landsbanki and Merrion Capital. Together Landsbanki's brokerage activities employ 90+ analysts who research more than 800 companies. We now cover countries representing 87% of the European market capitalisation.
This combined force has one of the largest research footprints in Europe. We believe that we are now unrivalled for coverage of small and mid caps. A new, common database will manage all financial data for the combined universe under coverage, becoming a key value-added tool for our institutional clients.
Landsbanki Kepler's highly ranked research offers a local approach within a European framework. We are convinced that there is no substitute for the local touch. Landsbanki Kepler's analysts are located in each of our 6 offices which means that we are able to visit companies, their competitors, suppliers and customers on a weekly basis. Our regular, high-level contacts with companies help us to catch inflection points. Our experience proves that grass-roots intelligence from unconventional sources often leads to investment outperformance. The vast majority of our analysts are local nationals with relevant industrial experience in their sectors.
Landsbanki Kepler research is available on Bloomberg at KEPL