As the consolidated tape debate intensifies, market participants believe a renewed focus on data quality will see regulatory enforcement in the new year
Mifid II’s research unbundling requirements have increased the buyside’s focus on best execution; however, strategy heads, researchers and analysts tell Practice Insight the significance of its effect is debatable
Buyside firms and IRPs explain that the directive’s stated aim – reducing conflicts of interest – has not quite been achieved. In some areas it’s even had the opposite effect, with the rise of corporate-sponsored research
