Michael Burt

Liberum Capital Ltd. (Liberum) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded by Shane Le Prevost in 2007 to provide a different style of broking. They were acquired by Panmure Liberum Ltd. from TN Holdings (BVI) Ltd. in 2024. Headquartered in London, Liberum provides trading and execution services for institutional clients. They bring liquidity into the niches that matter and are market-makers in various large, mid and small-cap stocks.

Execution Noble Research Ltd. (Execution Noble Research) is the Great Britain-based research subsidiary of Banco Espirito Santo Investimento SA, ultimately owned by by Banco Espirito Santo SA (XL: BES) in Portugal. Established as Clear Capital Ltd. by Nick Paulson-Ellis in 2003, the firm was subsequently acquired by Execution Noble, which itself was acquired by Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento SA in 2010. Execution Noble Research is headquartered in London and Lisbon, with additional offices in Madrid, Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Warsaw, New York, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Luanda, Mumbai and Hong Kong The firm aims to produce fundamental, objective ideas, informed by primary data.

Founded in 1994, Exane Ltd. is a British brokerage company that provides brokerage services. The company is based in London, UK and is part of Verner Investissements SAS.

Clear Capital Ltd. is an equity research firm founded by Nick Paulson-Ellis in 2003, based in London and Edinburgh with an office in Mumbai. Previously independent, Clear Capital was acquired mid 2008 by the independent UK investment bank Noble Group Ltd. Clear Capital operates since as part of Noble Group's research department. They use Noble Group as their trade name. In addition to fellow subsidiaries within the Noble group, their clientele comprises over 50 institutional investors. Clear Capital is a provider of fundamental equity research. Their core specialty is the UK small and mid-cap market (GBP 100 million to 1.5 billion), complemented by Indian mid-cap equity coverage. They also cover alternative research, including pre-IPO. They are organized in sector teams and focus on sectors such as climate change, healthcare, leisure, media, retail, specialist financials, general insurance, support services and technology.