mifid ii

Ex-Credit Suisse banker’s firm buys HK research house

Aletheia Capital, founded by Ali Naqvi, has bought Richard Wallace’s IND-X Advisors as it seeks to build scale and provide investment ideas to fund managers in a post-MiFID II world.

August 09, 2018

Why Asia's bond traders are heading online

Structural market changes and the onset of Mifid II are driving a move to online bond trading even in Asia.

November 16, 2017

Smartkarma plots disruption to research

As regulation and cost pressures hammer banks' research departments, start-up CEO Raghav Kapoor is eyeing what he calls the 'world's most beautiful opportunity'.

May 23, 2017

Asia's banks face research unbundling trauma

New European rules are turning the world of sell-side research upside down. The impact will be felt equally hard in Asia, at a time when life is tough enough for banks.

May 22, 2017