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Activist Funds Benefit From MiFID II Research Cuts
By Becky Pritchard
March 14, 2019, Financial News
Dramatic cuts in spending on investment research by asset managers in Europe has been a boon to activist hedge funds, according to …
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Securities Lending Could Spur Loss-Leading Strategy Among Funds – Study
By Andrew Neil
March 18, 2019, Global Investor Group
Securities lending could play a significant role in influencing asset managers to pay investors to put money into their funds, new …
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Status Report: MiFID II, One Year In
By Kan Van Hoof
March 1, 2019, The Banker
The biggest single piece of legislation European capital markets have ever had to process, the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive …
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FCA Criticizes Fund Managers Over MiFID II Cost Disclosures
By David Ricketts
February 28, 2019, Financial News
The U.K.’s financial regulator has evidence that asset managers are still misleading retail investors about the cost of funds, more than a …
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Asset Managers Get Creative With Post-Brexit E.U. Access
By Sharon Kimathi
February 20, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR
As it stands, U.K. investment managers will lose their licenses to provide financial advice to E.U.
investors post-Brexit. A London-based …
£3.6bn Stuck in U.K. ‘Orphan Funds’, Warns Report
By Kate Beioley
February 22, 2019, Financial Times
Almost £4bn of U.K. investors’ money languishes in so-called “orphan funds” — sub-scale funds with persistently low inflows and often high charges. …
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This Options Bet Helps Tame Markets, but There Are Risks
By Gunjan Banerji
February 11, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
More investors are selling options in a bid to boost returns, a shift that traders say is helping to tamp …
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GDPR: MiFID Funds Struggling with SEC Approvals
By Olly Jackson
February 8, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR
The U.S.’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is allegedly blocking non-U.S. investors from registering as investment advisers due to concerns …
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Brexit: Funds Say MOU Is No Passporting Replacement
By Sharon Kimathi
February 7, 2019, Practice Insight from IFLR
A Dublin fund CEO is urging his continental European counterparts to apply for the U.K.’s temporary
permissions regime (TPR), despite …
Financial Conduct Authority Blasted as 48 Fund Firms Face Fees Investigation
By Ali Hussain
February 3, 2019, The Times
Forty eight investment companies are under investigation amid concern that consumers are not getting the full picture on charges.
The Financial Conduct …
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