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Canada’s Top 40 Under 40: The next leaders for 2019
Announced today in the nationwide daily National Post, the listing celebrates Daniel’s significant accomplishments as President and CEO of Select Vantage. It also highlights national recognition of his charitable work and thought leadership in Canada’s finance and asset management sector.

Mifid II rules are ‘rippling’ around the globe
The effects of Mifid II are ‘rippling’ around the world and may cause other regulators to change their approach, Daniel Schlaepfer has said.

Mifid II caused ‘shakeout’ of research providers
The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) rules have caused a “shakeout” of small and independent research providers in the investment industry, the CFA Institute has warned.

MEMX: Is there an easier way to resolve the dispute over market data fees?
Plans to launch a new equities exchange on Wall Street, rivalling the existing institutions of NYSE, Nasdaq and CBOE, have drawn a lot of attention over the past two weeks. Major US market-makers including Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Virtu Financial have banded together to propose MEMX, a high-tech low-cost alternative to the existing equities platforms. Why are they doing this? The answer is simple – fees.

Mifid II goes too far and is too costly to implement
Britain’s departure from the EU is an opportunity to reassess Mifid II’s and how it can be a more transparent and competitive marketplace.

Mifid rules have damaged investment markets
ritain’s departure from the EU is an opportunity to reassess Mifid II’s and how it can be a more transparent and competitive marketplace.

Ringing the bell for better children’s healthcare

On October 31st 2018, Select Vantage was honoured to accept an invitation to ring the opening bell at the Toronto Stock Exchange for the city’s Hospital for Sick Children (known also as Sick Kids).

Why We Need Compromise on Market Data
Sparks flew at the recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) roundtable in Washington DC as regulators attempted to drag exchanges and market makers to a compromise over the long-running controversy of market data fees. The SEC recently ruled that the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq had not justified the price they charge for market data. That ruling has kicked off a new round of the century-old debate.

Mifid II is driving smaller firms to the wall
The cost of complying with the European Union’s (EU’s) gargantuan Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (Mifid II) is not just forcing smaller independent financial advisory firms to revise their charging models, as IFA research group Platforum recently reported.