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MiFID II creates ‘existential threat’ for small research groups
By Siobhan Riding
December 8, 2019, Financial Times
Boutique research providers’ business models are coming under increasing pressure two years on from the introduction of E.U. markets rules, in what …
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Investors pull £63bn from active funds following MiFID II
By Imogen Tew
November 28, 2019, FT Adviser
Investors have pulled an average of £3.5bn a month from active funds since MiFID II rules highlighted the extra cost of active …
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SEC Proposes New Rule to Ease the Market Entry of Leveraged Funds
By Bernice Napach
November 26, 2019, Think Advisor
The SEC has proposed new a new rule that would make it easier for ETFs, mutual funds and business development companies that …
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H2O auditor flags rule breach during summer liquidity squeeze
By Robert Smith and Cynthia O’Murchu
November 13, 2019, Financial Times
H2O Asset Management broke rules governing open-ended funds during a liquidity crisis in June, according to newly published accounts …
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Fidelity, T. Rowe Win Preliminary OK on New Stock Picking ETFs
By Justin Baer and Dawn Lim
November 14, 2019, The Wall Street Journal
Fidelity Investments and T. Rowe Price Group Inc. were among the firms that won preliminary regulatory approval …
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Banks, funds propose shorter trading day in Europe, bourses split
By Huw Jones
November 6, 2019, Reuters
Banks and fund managers want the European stock trading day shortened by 90 minutes in a radical move they say would improve market …
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SEC calls out conflicts of interest in TDFs
By Greg Iacurci
November 7, 2019, InvestmentNews
The Securities and Exchange Commission took aim at conflicts of interest in target-date funds on Thursday, calling out a fund structure that holds …
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Market structure changes to shake up repo trading
By Joe Parsons
November 6, 2019, The Trade
Market structure changes such as the move to sponsored clearing and interest in electronic trading could significantly shake up the way repo …
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Risky Mortgage Bonds Are Back and Delinquencies Are Piling Up
By Claire Boston
November 4, 2019, Bloomberg
The subprime mortgage-backed bond may be dead in America a decade after it helped trigger the global financial crisis, but a security with …
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Top Down, Bottom Up: The Topsy-Turvy World of Fund Liquidity
By Melissa McDonough, Brown Brothers Harriman
Originally published at the On the Regs blog
Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are tightening liquidity rules for investment funds with the …
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