As the US Securities and Exchange Commission readies a plan to “blunt the fallout” MiFID II regulations that are fast approaching, a Greenwich Associates survey shows that the delicate game of negotiation between brokerage firms and institutional investors over research is coming down to the wire. In an apparent high-stakes game of chicken, investors appear to be patient, waiting for research prices to break as mifid ii regulation deadlines approach. [icahn] Institutional investors and the negotiation waiting game as Mifid ii regulation approaches January 2018 is the month that MiFID II regulation require brokerage firms to separate the cost…
Institutional Investors In Waiting Game With Brokers Over Research, MiFID II
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.