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Small Company Research Not Held Back by New EU Rules, Regulator Says
By Huw Jones
February 18, 2021, Reuters
European Union rules that shine a light on how much asset managers pay for research on small companies have not reduced the breadth …

Blast From the Past: France’s Financial Watchdog Looks to Revive Declining Research Market Under MiFID II
By Hayley McDowell
January 28, 2020, The Trade
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has published a new damning report on the impact of MiFID II’s rules on the unbundling …
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Blast from the Past: 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 EU markets rules, in what …
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Mifid II in Austria: an example of unintended consequences
By Markus Fellner and Martin Wallner
December 15, 2020, IFLR
Mifid II was passed in response to the global financial crisis a decade ago, with the aim to improve the …

What does the future hold for Mifid II’s unbundling rules?
By Tim Human
December 3, 2020, IR Magazine
It didn’t take long for Europe to roll back some of the strict rules surrounding research payments contained in Mifid II. As …

Price of sellside analyst meetings almost halved by pandemic
By Siobhan Riding
November 29, 2020, Financial Times
The price fund managers are willing to pay for sellside research has fallen dramatically during the pandemic due to the shift to …
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After Regulators Cracked Down, Wall Street Banks Cleaned Up Their Research. But Not Everyone Won.
By Julie Segal
November 3, 2020, Institutional Investor
Twenty years after Wall Street banks settled with regulators over conflicts of interest in the stock research they produced for clients, a …

MiFID Research Rules Weighed for More Softening in Brussels
By Silla Brush and Alexander Weber
September 25, 2020, Bloomberg Law
The European Union was already backing away from part of MiFID II. Now, a loosening of the securities law’s …
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MiFID Research Rollback May Hurt Investment, EU Fund Lobby Says
By Silla Brush
September 17, 2020, Bloomberg Law
Europe’s move to ease restrictions on investment research may backfire and discourage investment in smaller companies, the region’s biggest money managers said…
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Investec talks corporate access: The ‘new normal’ will be a blended model
By Garnet Roach
September 3, 2020, IR Magazine
The recent results of what was formerly known as Extel’s UK Small & Mid-cap Survey, now published under the Institutional Investor brand, …
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