Thomson Reuters Integrates MiFID II Research Requirements on Eikon Desktop

Thomson Reuters has integrated its research capabilities on its financial desktop Eikon as part of its ongoing commitment to help financial institutions manage impending MiFID II implementation in January 2018.  These are part of a series of research unbundling enhancements that Thomson Reuters will continue to make in 2017 through new products and third-party partnerships. The new Thomson Reuters MiFID II Entitlements Solution features upgraded entitlement granularity to meet brokers’ flexible segmentation requirements.  The new service provides entitlement request and response functionality for the sell-side and buy-side through the Research Management Console, and a Research Entitlement API for contributor CRM integration.  To support buy-side clients’ regulatory reporting requirements, Thomson Reuters has also enhanced its readership reporting systems with better usage tracking. MiFID II imposes a series of new restrictions and structures on research use by financial institutions, specifically how research is paid for and managed by the institution.  The rules effectively eliminate free research or research paid based on specific trading or investing decisions.