Unbundling Uncovered
Online - 10th November

Over 400 attendees from the buy and sell side joined us in person in New York in June 2022 to debate how the American research market has re-emerged from lockdown protocols, and the implications for research budgeting and valuation from investment professionals’ increasingly data-driven focuses. On November 10th we will reunite the global investment research industry via livestream to discuss the key issues affecting the external research and data markets, and how research providers are being valued and rewarded in a volatile market climate.

Regulatory issues are back with a vengeance – the SEC’s announcement that it would not be extending the no action relief covering research payments has implications for any firm with a European entity that is consuming US broker research. All the potential solutions have structural challenges and none of them are achievable before the no action expires in July 2023.

Panels will also cover how buy side approaches to research budgeting, valuation and consumption are evolving, how corporate access now works post-lockdowns and what’s changed most, and how the greater focus on ESG and alt data works from a research and data budgeting and valuation perspective. Attendance for confirmed buyside delegates is complimentary, and there are also a limited number of complimentary sellside places.

 

Panels will include:

1. Regulatory Developments and their Implications for Research. How will the SEC removal of the No Action Relief play out? What is the impact of the varying pace of ESG and crypto regulatory change on research and data markets?

Moderator: Mike Carrodus, CEO, Substantive Research
Speakers: Pedro Fernandes, Founder & CEO, ResearchPool*
Robin Hodgkins, President, Castine LLC
Anne Scott, Investment Service Manager, AEGON Asset Management
Steve Stone, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Brockius LLP
Pamela Torres, MD and General Counsel of Global Investment Research, Goldman Sachs*

2. Research & Data Budgeting. How the buy side is allocating research and data payments and how their process has evolved? What are the value judgements and effects of putting particular providers in one budget or another?

Moderator: Mike Carrodus, CEO, Substantive Research
Speakers: Douglas Christiansen, VP, Head of Capital Market Solutions, SS&C
Emma Christiansson, Global Counterparty Relationships Analyst, Newton Investment Management
Amrish Ganatra, Co-founder & CEO, Commcise
Rebecka Grimsberg, AVP, Research Services Manager, Wellington Management
Lisa Stewart, Third Party Research Manager, Lansdowne Partners

3. The Research Product. Demand is changing – how are the sell side and independent providers changing their products and services, and how can they ensure the investments they make into new areas are appropriately rewarded by clients?

Moderator: Michael Mayhew, Chairman, Integrity Research Associates
Speakers: Pierre Gave, Partner & Head of Sales, Gavekal
Jason Glazer, Head of Product Management, Piper Sandler
Kay Guest, Broker Relations, Aviva Investors
Francis Land, Director of Strategy for BRS&T, S&P Global
Joshua Maxey, Co-Founder, Third Bridge

4. ESG Research & Data. If demand from the buy side is often driven by what their clients require them to use, how do you differentiate and can you still target differentiated providers? How is supply evolving? What is the sell side’s strategy in this market?

Moderator: Czarina Reinante, Head of ESG, Substantive Research
Speakers: Allison Binns, Head of ESG & Sustainable Investing Strategy, Angelo Gordon
Marie-José Freier, Head of Cross Asset ESG Research, Barclays
Shai Hill, Founder & CEO, Integrum ESG
Neil Scarth, Principal, Frost Consulting

5. Buy and Sell Side Research Valuation Processes – How do buy and sell side research valuation processes compare when you look at them in detail? How can they become more aligned to ensure providers invest in areas that deliver the greatest value?

Moderator: Mike Carrodus, CEO, Substantive Research
Speakers: Sarah Ahmed, Director of Corporate Access, Artisan Partners
Alex Andronov, Global Head of Business Development, Global Research, HSBC
Mark Pellegrino, CEO, CorpAxe
Cath Rawcliffe, VP of Sales and Marketing, Singletrack

6. Integration of Research & Data – Portfolio managers are increasingly data-driven and this has implications for sourcing, budgeting and payment structures – what does best practice look like?

Moderator: TBC
Speakers: Simon Edwards, Chief Revenue Officer, Bluematrix
Lauren Giametta, Director, Research Management, Blackrock
Stuart Howard, Global Head of Research Relationships, Invesco
Steve Moreno, Global Research Relationship Manager, Capital Group

Speakers include:

Sarah Ahmed, Director of Corporate Access, Artisan Partners
Alex Andronov, Global Head of Business Development, Global Research, HSBC
Allison Binns, Head of ESG & Sustainable Investing Strategy, Angelo Gordon
Mike Carrodus, CEO, Substantive Research
Douglas Christiansen, VP, Head of Capital Market Solutions, SS&C
Emma Christiansson, Global Counterparty Relationships Analyst, Newton Investment Management
Simon Edwards, Chief Revenue Officer, Bluematrix
Pedro Fernandes, Founder & CEO, ResearchPool*
Marie-José Freier, Head of Cross Asset ESG Research, Barclays
Amrish Ganatra, Co-founder & CEO, Commcise
Pierre Gave, Partner & Head of Sales, Gavekal
Lauren Giametta, Director, Research Management, Blackrock
Jason Glazer, Head of Product Management, Piper Sandler
Rebecka Grimsberg, AVP, Research Services Manager, Wellington Management
Kay Guest, Broker Relations, Aviva Investors
Shai Hill, Founder & CEO, Integrum ESG
Robin Hodgkins, President, Castine LLC
Stuart Howard, Global Head of Research Relationships, Invesco
Francis Land, Director of Strategy for BRS&T, S&P Global
Joshua Maxey, Co-Founder, Third Bridge
Michael Mayhew, Chairman, Integrity Research Associates
Steve Moreno, Global Research Relationship Manager, Capital Group
Mark Pellegrino, CEO, CorpAxe
Cath Rawcliffe, VP of Sales and Marketing, Singletrack
Czarina Reinante, Head of ESG, Substantive Research
Neil Scarth, Principal, Frost Consulting
Anne Scott, Investment Service Manager, AEGON Asset Management
Lisa Stewart, Third Party Research Manager, Lansdowne Partners
Steve Stone, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Brockius LLP
Chris Tiscornia, CEO, Westminster Research
Pamela Torres, MD and General Counsel of Global Investment Research, Goldman Sachs*

*TBC