In light of the disagreement between the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the European Commission's forum group on financial analysts over whether to ban analysts from IPO pitches, one can only wonder what relations are like in the Barrass household.

John Barrass, a leading light at the Association for Investment Management and Research, has added his penny's worth to the group's discussion over the past six months and put his name alongside the majority, which is against a ban.