Mifid
Investment | 13 Nov 17
FCA drops Mifid II bombshell on brokers
Mifid II rules on payment for research could extend to sales and trading roles, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned.
SEC clears path to US research post-Mifid
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that UK investment firms will be able to temporarily access research from the US post-Mifid II.
Best Practice | 27 Oct 17
Driving advice in Europe from sales to profession
Advisers in Europe need to embrace the hurricane of legislation that is about to hit them or risk “driving their business into a cul-de-sac with no reverse gear“, writes Chris Lean, a Czech-based chartered financial planner with Aisa International.
Two-thirds of analysts out of a job post-Mifid II
Research unbundling could lead to widespread job losses for analysts in a post-Mifid world according to research by Capital Access Group (CAG).
Best Practice | 28 Sep 17
Hurricane of legislation to hit advisers
A hurricane of difficult regulation is to going hit the European financial advice industry, and for some companies and countries it is already too late, the audience of IFAs at International Adviser’s Future Advisory Forum Europe heard on Thursday.