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

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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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Peter Harrison says there is 'no way' Schroders can reverse its stance on investment research costs, having absorbed them for more than five years

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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'When you open the fees discussion it never ends well'

Fund houses cut more from research budgets despite looming MiFID II overhaul

The average research budget for 2023 has decreased by 6.5% amid a push to reverse regulatory changes

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'One needs a degree of competition to keep them honest'

European markets have suffered a ‘lost decade’ says Cboe’s Europe head

Regulation aimed at protecting incumbent exchanges has caused the European market to stagnate, according to Natan Tiefenbrun

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Mansion House Reforms are a good start, but won't lead to an immediate fix for asset managers, experts say

Why asset managers won’t rush to reverse ‘painful’ unbundling

'Asset managers need to convince the end investor that it’s in their best interests to bear these costs once again'

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'The reversal of MiFID proposals is just a distraction'

City brokers facing ‘existential crisis’ say Mansion House Reforms come too late

The UK government is unwinding EU regulation that has hit City brokers hard. But bosses say it won't make a difference

'The particular problem with investment research is that the cost is currently falling on the P&L of the buyside. MiFID II was about transparency, rather than who bore the cost'

Top City lawyer: Investment research review won’t be a ‘silver bullet’

Hogan Lovells' Rachel Kent tells FN that her proposals need to 'work holistically' with other government-led initiatives to bolster the City's competitiveness

'Undoing the ban would be a grave mistake'

Former IA boss urges government to resist pressure on MiFID II research rules

As part of its Edinburgh Reforms, the UK government has pledged to revisit EU rules that unbundled investment research. But Daniel Godfrey thinks that might not be such a good idea

Reverting to the old system would be a step backward for an industry that has already made progress in eliminating conflicts of interest

Why reversing MiFID II unbundling would be a grave mistake

Maintaining current rules will not only improve transparency, but also encourage fund managers to find investment gems for themselves

The review of unbundling rules is part of the Edinburgh Reforms, announced by UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt on 9 December

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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In his Autumn Statement, Jeremy Hunt promised further regulatory changes that would underpin the growth of the City

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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'Efforts being made by the UK to enhance its competitiveness in comparison with the EU are being closely monitored'

Fears mount on ‘race to the bottom’ as UK’s post-Brexit trading rules take shape

Caps to limit trading in dark pools are set to be scrapped by both jurisdictions, sparking worry for Susquehanna International

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Have we reached peak data?

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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City minister John Glen looks to tweak MiFID regime in post-Brexit divergence from EU

UK looks to revamp MiFID II rules as post-Brexit changes to regulation gather pace

FCA to oversee systematic internalisers, scope of derivative trading obligations, and help with developing a consolidated tape

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