Roch de Montesquieu is a research analyst at HelloBrokers. A 2024 graduate of the University of Bath (Bachelor of Business Administration), he rounded out his studies with an exchange semester in finance and management at City University of Hong Kong — a chance to observe the practices of online brokers across three markets (UK, continental Europe, Asia).
At Bath, Roch was active in the Finance Society and Bath Entrepreneurs, where he co-led a student banking-fee comparison project. It is this obsession with hidden costs that he now brings to HelloBrokers: for every broker, he models the real total cost over three horizons (active trader, passive investor, large portfolio), spreads included, inactivity fees included, currency conversion included. His rule: if a marketing promise cannot be quantified, it does not enter the scoring.
Roch is bilingual in French and English. He is currently preparing for an industry certification in financial markets. He also writes our weekly briefing on pricing changes at the leading international brokers.