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The big question is how much will asset manager research budgets fall when there's a potential conflict between the obligation to buy the most suitable research for the investment strategy and the profitability of the manager? Enough to affect the investment process? What risks are there to future returns? What is the performance trade-off for asset owners to avoid a 3 Bps research charge in a 700 Bps return product? Not as binary as the initial reaction.