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eauiy Market Structure: Simplifying the Complex
Guest speakers in this panel included Anthony Barchetto (EVP, Head of Corporate
Development, BATS Global Markets, Inc.), Jamil Nazarali (Head of Execution
Services, Citadel Securities Inc.), Eric Stockland (Chief Strategy Officer, IEX Corp.)
and Pankil Patel (Managing Director, Electronic Sales, BofA Merrill Lynch).
e Panel members had a spirited debate regarding the current market structure pros
and cons, rebates, off-exchange trading, latency, market maker obligations, and the
future of regulation post the election.
e We asked investors what they thought of the current state of the equity market
structure, and 74% thought that the market needs revamping. 32% believe that
there was a problem with the depth of liquidity and 23% thought there were
misaligned incentives.
Chart 72: What is your view of the current state of the equity market structure?
35% 32%
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structure is overall structure needs —structureneeds structure needs structure needs a
adequate improvement- improvement- — improvement — full revamp
notably in notably in liquidity notably in
transparency of size misaligned
incentives
Source: BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research
« Given the announcement that SEC Chairwoman White will leave at the end of
President Obama’s term, this will likely lead to some regulatory uncertainty and lack
of activity given not enough commissioners to make forward progress. In addition,
the new Chair will likely be focused on less regulation and one panel member
thought Reg NMS could come under review.
Lite after DOL: Evolving Beyond the Fiduciary Rule
We hosted industry experts for a panel on the Department of Labor’s (DOL)
fiduciary rule, which is set to go into effect in April 2017. Panel participants
included Michael Hadley (Partner at Davis & Harman LLP), Lisa Bleier (Associate
General Counsel at SIFMA), and Kevin Crain (Head of Workplace Financial Solutions
at Bank of America Merrill Lynch).
« Given potential changes for the brokerage industry, we asked investors “Will the
DOL’s fiduciary rule cause meaningful changes to the brokerage industry?”. Most
investors believe that the rule will cause a number of significant changes to the
brokerage industry (83%), including significant pressure on commission revenues, a
shift to advisory and fee based accounts, and assets in motion with some to robo
advisor and RIA platforms.
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