A Match.com for Investors Will Bypass Banks to Gain CEO Access
- Startups make pitch to set up meetings with fewer conflicts
- Investors spend $2 billion a year for corporate access
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A group of upstarts is seizing on new European Union rules to shake up banks’ matchmaking role between investors and corporate executives.
As investors prepare for EU regulations that will force them to pay for research products a la carte, one of the most valuable services is corporate access -- the conferences, roadshows and face time with executives that can provide an information edge. Investors globally spend more than $2 billion a year for corporate access, according to consulting firm Greenwich Associates.