Author Sanford Bragg

Sandy Bragg is a principal at Integrity Research Associates. He has over thirty years experience as an investment research professional. Prior to joining Integrity in 2006, he was an Executive Managing Director at Standard & Poors, managing S&P’s equity research business and fund information properties. Sandy has an MBA from New York University and BA from Williams College. Email: Sanford.Bragg@integrity-research.com

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Australian Authorities Implement Tougher Research Regulations

12/26/2017
The Australian Securities & Investment Commission (ASIC), the country’s financial markets regulator, released new rules governing conflicts and inside information pertaining to sell-side research, largely modeled on US regulation adopted ...
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Extel Survey Shows Discrepancies in Perceptions of Research Value

12/22/2017
A recent Extel survey showed the buy-side placing more value on written research and less on high touch services than the sell-side.  The survey reflects Extel’s new business model of ...
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Jefferies’ Equities Revenues Rise 11% for 2017

12/22/2017
Jefferies Group LLC, the investment-banking unit of Leucadia National Corp which reports earlier than its rivals, saw its equities revenues increase 10.8% for its fiscal year 2017 when one-time gains ...
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European Exchanges Add Issuer-Paid Research

12/21/2017
Anticipating a decline in small-cap research coverage in the wake of MiFID II’s unbundling provisions, Deutsche Börse and Borsa Italiana are promoting issuer-paid research for listed companies. Germany & Italy ...
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Interview With UBS COO Barry Hurewitz, Part 3: There Will Be A Research Renaissance

12/20/2017
The following is the final installment of a three-part Q&A with Barry Hurewitz, Managing Director and COO of UBS Investment Research Division, which was recently named the top global equity ...
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Déjà Vu: Banks Pile Back Into China Research

12/19/2017
Global investment banks are frantically recruiting Chinese analysts in a reprise of the hiring frenzy of 2015.   The stop-go behavior of foreign banks in Asia contrasts with the steady rise ...
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Interview With UBS COO Barry Hurewitz, Part 2: Research Pricing

12/19/2017
The following is the second of a three-part Q&A with Barry Hurewitz, Managing Director and COO of UBS Investment Research Division, which was recently named the top global equity research ...
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Interview With UBS COO Barry Hurewitz, Part 1: Focus on Where You Deliver Value

12/18/2017
The following is the first of a three-part Q&A with Barry Hurewitz, Managing Director and COO of UBS Investment Research Division. Hurewitz was recruited from Morgan Stanley to UBS in ...
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7Park Data Launches New Healthcare Dataset

12/15/2017
7Park Data, an alternative data analytics provider, released a data on oncology drug usage based on drugs dispensed at nearly 500 US clinical facilities. The new product, Healthcare Intelligence, provides ...
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US Asset Manager Unequivocally Adopts Global Policy Absorbing Research Costs

12/15/2017
First Eagle Investment Management, a US-based asset manager not directly subject to MiFID II, said it will fund all external research costs from its P&L effective January 3, 2018.  First ...
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