Asset Managers Face Some Difficult Decisions

2017 is proving to be a stressful and costly year for asset managers. The terms of the UK’s exit from the EU will continue to be the subject of extensive debate, both politically and in the press. At the same time, MiFID II is just around the corner, coming into force in January 2018 after having been put back a year due to the complexity of its implementation.

MiFID II recasts and broadens MiFID (the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) in response to the financial crisis. It will change the way asset managers operate and not just in terms of enhanced investor protection. The new rules affecting allocation of costs for research, the impact on the fixed income market, the prohibition on payments