Jim Bain, a major figure in Australian stockbroking and pioneer of the screen trading revolution that led to the formation of the ASX, died in Sydney’s Lulworth House aged care facility on September 9, weeks after sustaining a heavy fall. He was 92.
Cheerful, direct, a strong family man and a workaholic, Bain built up his family stockbroking firm of Bain & Co from just six employees to be one of Sydney’s big broking houses.
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Andrew Clark is a former editor of The Sun-Herald and Australian Business. He was a correspondent in Europe and North America, a political correspondent in Canberra and has been a journalist for more than 55 years. Email Andrew at aclark@afr.com.au
