Fintech research veteran Amar Rajani has joined the FeedStock Advisory Board, effective immediately.
Rajani is Founder and Managing Director of Argella Limited, an advisory firm specialising in FinTech and with specialist knowledge in the research and regulatory space. Prior to this, he spent the past 17 years at Bloomberg LP, where he was Global Product Manager for their research management business with responsibility for the MiFID II research stream. During this period, he was also a founding member of Bloomberg’s Enterprise Products and Solutions team, as well as manager of several teams including London buy-side.
Charlie Henderson, Managing Director of FeedStock, says: “Amar’s immense knowledge of the buy-side consumer, product and research landscape allows FeedStock to leverage his expertise as we rapidly expand our client base in advance of the MiFID II deadline. His intuitive sense of market trends and product knowledge allow us to make sure that we are anticipating changes and always thinking ahead”.
Rajani adds: “The rules for MiFID II and research puts the onus on the buy-side,” says Amar. “In order to be compliant the buy-side needs independent, transparent and accurate research usage data – if the buy-side relies purely on external sell-side data, it’s a one-sided approach and fraught with problems around data quality. FeedStock leads the way in providing a forward looking solution to the regulation with a strong mechanism to manage inducements, track, value and pay for research”.
