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Wall Street Says It’s Ready for MiFID-Style Changes to Come to the U.S.
By Benjamin Bain
March 22, 2019, Bloomberg
Wall Street brokers have taken the unprecedented step of urging U.S. regulators to let them charge clients separately for stock and bond analysis, …
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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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As Unbundling Beds in, Data Becomes Essential to Price Research
By Amelia Axelsen
March 6, 2019, Waters Technology
In an effort to alter the way firms use and distribute research, and to separate out the cost of that from pure …
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Investment Bank Research Teams Suffer Deepest Job Cuts
By Paul Clarke
February 27, 2019, Financial News
Investment banks’ research divisions were the hardest hit by job cuts last year, as sweeping European trading regulations introduced in January 2018 …
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FCA Says MiFID II Has Had ‘Positive’ Effects
By Philip Stafford and Siobhan Riding
February 26, 2019, Financial Times
The U.K.’s market watchdog has vowed to examine the effects of tough new E.U.-wide standards on analyst research — …
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Big Asset Managers Cut Research Costs at Higher Rate
By Siobhan Riding
February 18, 2019, Financial Times
Large asset managers have been more successful than smaller rivals at controlling costs in the wake of new European rules on research …
Read More →Sell-Side Trends in Research Management: Measuring Value & Maximizing Profitability
In the age of MiFID II and unbundling, the sell side must clearly demonstrate the value of its research to the buy-side more than ever before. As the industry has …
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End the Clash Over E.U. Research Rule, SEC Urged
By Siobhan Riding
February 3, 2019, Financial Times
The U.S. is being called on to align its regulations on funding investment research with those of the E.U.’s MiFID II as …
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MiFID II Sees Global Equities Trade Execution Rates Decline
By Hayley McDowell
January 29, 2019, The Trade
Execution rates on equity trades globally have fallen significantly over the course of 2018 as MiFID II unbundling rules in Europe take …
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Research and MiFID II: One Year On
By Garnet Roach
January 25, 2019, IR Magazine
After all the hype around research cutbacks, what does the reality look like a year into MiFID II? And what practical steps …
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