Buy-side Perspectives Issue 16 | Page 7

K&KGC - K E Y F I N D I N G S F R O M T H E AT F s 1 ST H A L F 2 0 1 9 A large proportion of the discussions concerned the buy side’s relationship with the sell side as well as their internal efforts to improve their performance analysis and how they could enhance interaction with the investment team. The EU and UK regulatory changes are still impending political changes. Gauging the continental European buy-side’s anticipations post the European parliamentary elections, we are still waiting to hear if anyone believes the Capital Markets Union (CMU) will become successful in turning the declining trend of EU banks competitiveness vs. the rest of the world. The lion share of the buy side’s preferred broker list is currently represented by US originated firms. The buy side also addressed their dissatisfaction about the long market hours in London with a closing time of 5:30pm. With market information starting to come in at 7am ahead of the market opening, it means that some traders have to work from 6:30am until after the market closes at 5:30pm. SEE YOU IN OCTOBER! Established in 2009 attended by buy-side heads of trading from: 67 firms €23.8 trillion in aUM 2020 SPONSORSHIP NOW OPEN [email protected] +44 (0)203 4113996