What fund managers want from research

They throw 80% of research straight into the bin; regard sell-side analysts as reactive and herdlike; and suggest that brokers see small hedge funds as being more valuable clients than major asset managers. So is there anything about brokers’ research that fund managers actually like? A panel of investors give their views. By Graham Field.

To discover what investors really think of sell-side research, Global Investor gathered together a panel of leading fund managers to air their views on specific questions related to the quality of brokers’ research in Europe.