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What the new payment options for investment research mean

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FCA says new rules will make it easier to buy insight and analysis across borders. We spoke to Seung Earm from Ibex Compliance for the industry view.

The FCA is proposing to give asset managers for pooled investment funds greater flexibility in how they pay for investment research. This will allow fund managers to combine payments for research with trade execution, subject to certain guardrails. It is the FCA’s view that the proposed rules will make it

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