Rule on Inducements - COBS Provision: Difference between revisions

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Want to take your client to Wimbledon? Forget about it.
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{{inducements under cobs and perg}}
===Research and benefits [[broker]]s provide to [[investment manager]] clients===
===Research and benefits [[broker]]s provide to [[investment manager]] clients===
Leaving aside the terribly [[tedious]] topic of research unbundling for a moment (I know — can you bear to?) a broker giving discounts and free research to an investment manager for whom it is accepting orders does not breaching the rule on inducements because the investment manager is its client. The investment manager’s clients are not, so there is no third party action here, at least not from the [[broker/dealer]]’s perspective.  
Leaving aside the terribly [[tedious]] topic of research unbundling for a moment (I know — can you bear to?) a broker giving discounts and free research to an investment manager for whom it is accepting orders does not breaching the rule on inducements because the investment manager is its client. The investment manager’s clients are not, so there is no third party action here, at least not from the [[broker/dealer]]’s perspective.