Managing Regulatory Compliance Risk Efficiently Today & Future-Proofing for Tomorrow
10 May, 2023
When MiFID II was introduced in 2018, it dramatically altered the way sell-side research was issued to the buy-side, especially in the US. Specifically, European sell-side firms were required to unbundle trading and research, forcing almost all asset managers to pay for research in cash only. This is in direct contrast to the US, where it has been standard practice for buy-side firms to pay for research via order flow or commissions and doesn’t permit broker-dealers to receive cash remuneration.
