Frost Research Systems is a leading authority on the global investment research procurement value chain and related market structure/regulatory change. The rapid evolution of regulatory/ asset owner oversight of the research ecosystem has financial, operational and fiduciary implications for all market participants.

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Frost assists a wide variety of clients in developing commercial and operational strategies to maximize revenue/alpha generation, optimize distribution and mitigate risk in a rapidly changing commercial environment.

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Alpha Generation

Ontology-based semantic research management solutions.

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Research Valuation

Models to develop asset-manager specific research valuation frameworks. FrostRB is a highly customizable Research/Valuation software platform that allows asset managers to construct multi-asset class research budgets to meet European regulation.

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Research Payments

New research funding rules in both the UK and EU eliminate the MiFID II requirement for a Research Payment Account (RPA).  Instead CSAs will be central to the ability for managers to pass on research costs to asset owners but retain control and transparency of research payments to meet the new regulatory requirements.​

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Research Process Diagnostic

“Audit” of the manager’s current research procurement process to assess preparation and likely compliance with the post- MiFID II environment in the UK and EU.

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Risk Mitigation

Regulatory/client reporting, CSA optimization.

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Managing Regulatory Change

The origins of the current economic and regulatory model governing the institutional research business date back to the (US) Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. This venerable framework is on the cusp of transformative change. Frost helps asset managers, plan sponsors, banks and other market particpants understand and capitalize on regulatory change.

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Frost Research Systems is an active participant in industry and regulatory discussions on related issues.

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