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FCA finalizes changes to rules on Investment Research

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Despite some adjustments to the proposed guardrails, the FCA has largely retained its original approach.

The FCA recently published its final rules on payment optionality for investment research (PS24/9). It consulted on these changes in April 2024 (see this Latham blog post), proposing to introduce additional optionality for buy-side firms by permitting them to use bundled payments for research and execution services.

However, the FCA