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Some of the top equity-research shops in the world have seen revenue decline by 10% to 30% this year — and those are the lucky ones.
Others are staring at declines of as much as 60%, according to figures from the consulting firm Oliver Wyman.
Equity research revenues were widely anticipated to decline after the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II, the complex and sweeping European regulatory reform, went into effect January 3. But the scale of some of the declines is striking. Here's our story.
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