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Pay levels in the asset management industry are on the decline in 2016—marking the second consecutive year of reduced compensation for professionals at traditional asset management firms and the third for hedge funds.

Anticipating MiFID II

29 November 2016
Though MiFID II implementation is still well over a year away, larger global and European asset managers are already taking actions to address its core requirement to separate payment for research from execution.
This year’s list of Greenwich Share and Quality Leaders in European equity research, research sales and execution should be considered within the context of MiFID II.
2015 brought little respite to investors, as most markets were flat or declined sharply, roiled by fears over global growth, volatile commodity prices, international political discord, and domestic crises.
There are many market structure issues that have been much discussed topics since the passage of Reg NMS, such as high-frequency trading, dark liquidity, co-location, and fee structures. 
“When choosing the brokers that will help them implement these strategies and execute their trades, institutional investors consider a range of factors that starts with price, but also includes brokers’ willingness to commit...
For many finance executives, social media is an important part of their professional lives. It is used to engage with peers and colleagues, to research sales leads, to learn from industry leaders, and even as a source of alpha for certain strategies...
Total notional volumes for retail structured products distributed by U.S. firms held steady (on a matched set of accounts) at nearly $60 billion annually.
Sell-side trading desks have been upended by structural and cyclical changes. It is clear to most that the previous playbook doesn’t work all that well anymore, and revisions need to be made to remain relevant and ensure growth over the next decade...
The use of commission management programs (CMPs)—commission sharing arrangements (CSAs) and client commission agreements (CCAs)—has been a topic of discussion for years. CMPs have been a valuable tool used by institutional buy-side investors to help...

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