Basics of MiFID 2

MiFID 2 is the revised “Markets in Financial Instruments Directive”, a broad set of European financial regulations that came into effect at the start of January 2018.

The original MiFID came into force in November 2007, just before the financial crisis. Its main…

Understanding Active ETFs

In previous blog posts we’ve discussed at some length a number of trends relating to ETFs and their impact on today’s fund management landscape. The increased interest of institutional investors, combined with an already strong retail uptake, has helped ETFs to grow further in…

A Brief History of Dealing Commission

The practice of investors using their own clients’ trading commissions to pay for research and corporate access has been under scrutiny for some time by regulators in Europe. To better understand the current wave of regulations and assess their impact on the…

A Framework for Investor Targeting

Investment profile of my company

The starting point of any investor targeting exercise is to build a solid understanding of how your company’s story can fit into criteria that global investors look for when screening for companies: liquidity…

Framework of a Successful Corporate IR Strategy

Over the last couple of years we have witnessed a number of significant themes and developments in the capital markets, which have had an meaningful impact on how IR teams think about strategy today. Whether we examine global pension fund reforms…