Marcus Ellery
Principal. Former sell-side equity strategist covering UK financials; leads divergence briefings and quarterly reviews.
Practice
A Manchester practice devoted to comparing how institutions and retail participants read the same market.
Kernelmesh Hub began after years spent on the edge of institutional dealing rooms and private-client desks in the North West. The recurring question was simple and rarely answered well: when the buy-side is quiet and the retail crowd is loud — or the reverse — who is closer to the next move?
We built a practice around that question alone. Not a brokerage. Not a newsletter mill. A briefing room where financial market analysis means placing institutional versus retail sentiment side by side and stating plainly where they diverge.
<h2>How we work</h2>
<p>Preparation happens before the call. We gather positioning evidence that can be checked, discard what cannot, and arrive with a point of view you can challenge. Sessions are conversational; notes are short. Clients in Leeds, Edinburgh, London, and Manchester book the same way — by naming the market and the decision they face.</p>
<h2>Values we hold to</h2>
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<li>Say when the evidence is thin rather than dress it as certainty.</li>
<li>Keep institutional and retail lenses distinct instead of blending them into a vague “market mood.”</li>
<li>Respect the regulatory boundary: we analyse and brief; we do not manage money or sell products.</li>
<li>Protect client confidentiality as tightly as desk etiquette demands.</li>
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People
Principal. Former sell-side equity strategist covering UK financials; leads divergence briefings and quarterly reviews.
Senior analyst. Focuses on sterling crosses and rates-sensitive sentiment; prepares event-week notes.
Client liaison. Coordinates scopes from our Portland Street office and keeps briefing diaries honest.