It should not take an investor to tell the city fathers that the roads are run down and full of potholes. |
But investor groups want an out-right ban on analysts participating in all investment banking activities. |
The office will offer services to publicly quoted Irish companies which are conducting investor roadshows in the English capital. |
Meanwhile, ballyhooed efforts by state and federal prosecutors to build an investor restitution fund are more rhetoric than reality. |
The allure of these fund groups is that there are no restrictions on how often an investor can buy and sell fund shares. |
But every company in the land has to watch its bank balance and every investor has to make a decision about how much cash to keep in a portfolio. |