“I have been impressed by the Mereus product. We can now see where Research makes a difference to the business by quantifying the total Research read and identifying the leading providers and analysts. The value of Research providers has become very clear. In some cases we have renegotiated broker agreements and overall operational costs have significantly reduced.”
- Antony Lingard, Altana Wealth CEO
Lower fund costs and increase management and performance fee income. See how Mereus can measure the
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Mereus stores research documents in a far more efficient way than conventional email servers. The
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Let us demonstrate how Mereus delivers real time access to who, when and which research documents
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Britain’s financial watchdog will on Wednesday pledge a shake-up of the opaque way asset managers pass costs on to their clients after it uncovered “inherent flaws” in the existing system.
Martin Wheatley, the head of the Financial Conduct Authority, will tell a conference that existing rules on how fund managers spend their clients’ cash are failing to bite effectively and are likely to be tightened.
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In this video hear the unedited debate on procuring research between the panellists and buy and sell side delegates. The panellists for the event were:
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Hear Lee explain why it's important to measure research usage and how Mereus has led to significant financial benefits for both his Investors and his Hedge Fund.
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Neil provides the opening presentation for our October 18, 2013 breakfast briefing giving details of how UK regulation is driving global change and opportunities in the procuring of Research by Asset Managers.
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As lead sponsor Mereus is delighted to invite you to COO Connect's forthcoming Breakfast Briefing : What paying attention to the sourcing and cost of research can do for you : lift investment performance, cut trading costs and trim IT expenditure.
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The research used by fund managers is almost always paid for by investors, through the commissions they generate when executing trades with investment banks. The sums involved are substantial. One estimate is that investors are paying $20 billion a year for research.
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At a time of desultory returns, with performance fees still a distant memory at many funds and plenty languishing below high water marks, the scope to use investors’ money to cover the cost of managing that money is a lively topic of discussion. In fact, putting costs on to the fund is an existential issue at firms struggling to run their business on management fees alone.
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Commission Sharing Agreements
Asset managers today face a much more dynamic environment whereby they can pay for high quality research for their clients without being obliged to simultaneously combine it with trade execution. This ‘unbundling’ of commissions has been made mandatory in some G20 regulatory regimes while in some places the standards are still loose. This paper maps out:
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