regulation

Oct 20, 2017

broker research costsZurich-headquartered asset management group GAM has become the latest investment house to announce it will absorb research costs onto its own balance sheet when MiFID II rules come into force in early January.

Oct 18, 2017

ResearchZurich-headquartered Vontobel Asset Management has become the latest finance house to decide it will absorb research costs onto its own balance sheet when MiFID II rules come into force in early January.

Sep 14, 2017

ReportingFund distributors are required to make their first ‘target market’ reports available for fund managers by April 30 next year.

Apr 07, 2017

Fergus_AllDuff & Phelps, a consultancy, has appointed three regulatory and compliance experts as part of an expansion in the area.

Apr 04, 2017

Calculating_feesA specialist Asian investment team within First State Investments is to pay future broker research costs itself rather than charge clients.

Mar 28, 2017

PopulismThe primary concerns of firms working in asset management – such as disruption from robo-advice and the challenge of managing alternatives – have all receded over the past year to make way for worries connected to political change.

Mar 23, 2017

Life_insurance_planAsset managers lack understanding about the needs of insurance firms, including the demand for data transparency, and this is holding up investment outsourcing, researchers said.

Mar 17, 2017

broker researchFrench asset managers are “considering” displaying their broker research fees for Ucits funds separately to execution fees so they meet new rules on unbundling.

Feb 24, 2017

ConsultingMajor institutional investment consultants have banded together to respond to the UK regulator’s asset management review, which partly targets the consulting industry.

Jan 23, 2017

Research has shown that over 70% of asset managers will be re-examining their sources of research due to upcoming regulation.

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