History Longbow Research was established in 2003 to provide the institutional equity research market with a high quality, independent product, free from the many conflicts of interest that plagued bulge-bracket research at that time.

Initially, the firm consisted only of analysts producing in-depth research on a short list of companies. In 2004, Longbow Research hired its first salespeople and also established an agency-only trading desk to facilitate client payment for the research. While this marked the beginning of our sell-side business model, we have strived to maintain our buy-side stock-picking research culture.

Today, Longbow Research has moved beyond the start-up phase and is growing rapidly. We have recently opened an NYC office and have also expanded our research survey offering to cover a number of important supply channels in Europe, Latin America and Asia.