Europe’s Listing Act marks a major shift in MiFID II research funding by reintroducing bundled research payments across all issuers. While preserving transparency and governance requirements, the reform increases operational complexity. Asset managers must now focus on scalable infrastructure, robust controls, and effective commission management to implement flexible funding models

Castine RMS 2.0 helps buy-side investment teams centralize and operationalize sell-side and independent research through a unified, AI-ready platform. With access to millions of searchable research documents from hundreds of providers, firms can reduce workflow fragmentation, improve research discoverability, enhance collaboration, and power next-generation AI-driven investment and research workflows.

Investment firms are drowning in data but starving for connected intelligence. Legacy RMS platforms can no longer unify fragmented research, internal knowledge, and AI workflows effectively. Castine RMS 2.0 transforms disconnected systems into a living, AI-ready Unified Source of Truth — accelerating research, improving AI reliability, uncovering hidden insights, and driving superior investment decisions.