Only last week superstar analyst Meredith Whitney – bankslayer, the anti-pandit, etc. – announced she would be leaving her present employer, Oppenheimer, and setting out on her own.
Welcome, then, Meredith Whitney Advisory Group.
The new site – like the company – is obviously only just up and running. We assume details like staff etc. have yet to be sorted too. Because for now, team Meredith Whitney Advisory Group LLC comprises…
Meredith Whitney.
- looking distinctly vampish, we might add, in an outfit which has sharply divided sartorial opinion here at FT Alphaville. (All bets are on, dear reader: satin, Transylvanian peasant-hide or “wet leather” – you decide. )
Actually, we’re very intrigued by Whitney’s venture. She’s stumped up the capital herself to keep the outfit truly independent, and obviously, if the quality of Whitney’s previous research is anything to go by, MWAG research will be stuff to watch. Kudos.