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A Few Takeaways from the ‘Unbundling Uncovered’ Conference
06/26/2020
Substantive Research’s influential conference on investment research went virtual Wednesday, covering the status of research unbundling as Europe considers rolling back MiFID II, as well as the impact of COVID-19 ...
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Why EU Backsliding on Research Unbundling Matters
06/22/2020
Recent articles dismissing potential EU reforms to MiFID II’s unbundling provisions are missing broader ramifications. EU regulators have shown themselves to be increasingly skeptical about the consequences of research unbundling, ...
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Despite MiFID II, Commission Rates Remain Higher in Europe than US
06/02/2020
Although MiFID II’s research unbundling provisions narrowed the spread between US equities commission rates and those of the UK and Europe, US rates remain at least a third lower, according ...
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Yodlee’s Credit Card Transaction Data Goes Under the Microscope
05/29/2020
Leading transaction data provider Envestnet Yodlee is under increasing scrutiny since three members of the US Congress called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the firm for privacy violations. ...
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The ROI of Research Transparency – Pivotal Moment in the US?
05/26/2020
The following is a guest article by Neil Scarth, Principal of Frost Consulting (http://www.frostconsulting.co.uk/) which provides customizable research budgeting/valuation frameworks and research spending databases. Frost Consulting recently collaborated with Evercore ...
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CARES Act Provides Boost to U.S. Indie Research and Alt Data Firms
04/02/2020
The recently passed Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act provides up to $349 billion in federally guaranteed loans to help small U.S. businesses, including alternative data and independent ...
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Expert Networks Continue to Present Compliance Challenges
02/17/2020
The following is a guest article by Susan Mathews, Principal & Founder of Madigail Consulting, LLC a securities compliance consultant providing research and ethics compliance, training and external CCO services ...
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France Proposes Sweeping Reform to MiFID II Unbundling
02/04/2020
A report sponsored by French regulators recommended extensive revisions to MiFID II’s research inducement rules. Unlike a MiFID II review conducted UK regulators which supported the status quo, French opposition ...
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Buy-Side Spending on Research Expected to Continue Falling in 2020
01/30/2020
According to Integrity Research’s annual research industry outlook, spending by global asset managers on sell-side and independent research is expected to fall 5.5% in 2020 – marking the third consecutive ...
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LinkedIn Will Appeal Web Scraping Ruling to US Supreme Court
01/29/2020
Web harvesting concerns remain alive as LinkedIn refuses to concede defeat in its attempt to squash scraping of its publicly available data. In documents filed with the Ninth Circuit Court ...