Mifid II
Fund giants mull passing on investment research costs to UK investors
Almost a quarter of those surveyed by Substantive Research said they want to take advantage of new rules introduced by the Financial Conduct Authority
Reversing MiFID II research costs ‘would be extremely painful’, says JPMorgan’s Emea funds boss
Patrick Thomson says it is ‘unlikely’ the $3.4tn US asset manager will reverse its current stance and pass on investment research fees to its clients
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Barclays, Bank of America, JPMorgan analysts top ‘City Oscars’
UBS has also jumped up the Extel rankings after its research headcount swelled through the Credit Suisse acquisition
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Fund groups reluctant to move first on investment research
Survey of global asset managers reveals 45% of firms are ‘neutral and waiting to see how the rest of the market moves’
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FCA unveils final rules in investment research shake-up
New rules have been published alongside a range of other proposals designed to provide a boost to the UK market
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Asset managers increase investment research budgets for first time since MiFID II
Survey by Substantive Research shows ‘trend has turned’ on years of cuts to investment research budgets
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Schroders CEO: ‘Genie is out of the bottle’ on investment research costs
The fund house won't be calling clients to push expenditure back on to them, its boss says
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Why research review boss Rachel Kent is ‘glass overflowing’ on London’s markets
The Hogan Lovells lawyer hopes she’s cracked the code to rekindling UK growth stocks
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Fund managers question ‘ineffectual’ MiFID II unbundling review: ‘Everyone has moved on’
A review of EU investment research rules by the UK government will be 'ineffectual', according to sector leaders
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UK government mulls changes to MiFID II equity research rules among package of measures to boost City
Officials are reviewing proposals that Kwasi Kwarteng was set to announce before he was forced to resign as chancellor
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Fund managers struggle to find top research in a deluge of data
Too many investment managers still live in an analogue world, reliant on spreadsheets, Word documents and email communication
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BlackRock and peers defend new method for trading shares in Europe
So-called periodic auctions are under scrutiny for allegedly being used to circumvent new trading rules
