1.Can you please indicate on which side of the industry you are working with:

Sell side

Buy side

2.What type of firm do you work for? (Please select the closest description from the options below)

Sovereign Wealth Fund

Public Pension

Foundation

Endowment

Family/Multi Family Office

Consultant/Advisor

High Net Worth Individual

Asset Manager

Broker

Research House

3.How much do you expect to spend in legal costs in drafting and negotiating research agreements?

< £50,000

£50,000 - £100,000

£100,000 - £250,000

>£250,000

4.What do you estimate the additional operational costs associated with managing research will cost your firm in 2018?

< £50,000

£50,000 - £100,000

£100,000 - £250,000

£250,000 - £500,000

£500,000 - £1m

> £1m

5.What is the number of research providers your firm will need to reach an agreement with  before January 2018?

<5

5-10

10-15

15-20

20-25

>25

6.Will you be changing the number of research providers you currently use in advance of January 2018?

Yes

No

7.If you answered yes to question 7 then please can you indicate the following:

Increasing

Decreasing

8.Are you having difficulty arriving at a suitable bundling of research products, i.e. the way research is packaged, e.g. waterfront, by sector, by asset class?

Yes

No

9.Are you concerned about monitoring readership and interactions data, particularly the risk of conflicting consumption metrics?

Yes

No

10.Are you evaluating the breadth of your research spend:  number of providers vs. the depth  (ie:  number of areas covered per provider)?

Yes

No

11.Do you have a clear framework to evaluate the type, level and quality of research services before and after reception and consumption?

Yes

No

Partially

Unsure how to develop framework