MICAP’s research and review processes have been designed to be objective, intellectually robust, impartial, reasonable and fair.

MICAP prides itself on producing high quality due diligence and is committed to providing documents which are full of insight and value. In order to have a scalable and sustainable business model, MICAP levies a charge to the parties under review to cover the time spent on each review.

The following summarises the steps from the initiation of research to the publication of a MICAP Review on the MICAP Fund Finder:

  1. An Insight Investment Analyst sends the relevant due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) to the party under review.
  2. Insight appoints one of its investment analysts to review the completed DDQ, requesting further information or documentation where required.
  3. The Investment Analyst will contact and/or interview the relevant party as required, validating and auditing the information provided, and thereby collating soft data to supplement the factual data already provided.
  4. The Investment Analyst will draft the review.
  5. The review is then submitted for internal peer review to an Insight Investment Analyst.
  6. Prior to issue to the party under review, a final review and check is undertaken by Insight Investment Management to ensure no advice or opinion is contained within.
  7. The review is sent to the party under review for factual accuracy. Any comments will be evaluated by the Insight Investment Analyst before the final draft is prepared.
  8. The final version of the review is then sent to the relevant party for sign off.
  9. Subject to sign off, the full MICAP Review will then be posted on the MICAP Fund Finder and made available to all subscribing users.

To find out more, or if you wish to commission a review, please contact us at providerqueries@micap.com.

Conflict of Interest

To avoid a conflict of interest the cost is a standard flat rate fee. Additionally, the review process is conducted by our experienced team of analysts who carry out their research away from any commercial incentive and separate from our business development and executive teams. MICAP is not further remunerated in any way (e.g. via selling the marketing rights to investment managers), to ensure that the analysts’ focus is on producing an impartial and comprehensive review of high quality and not on securing revenues. The party under review is invited to fact check the review, but has no other input in the review process. Once the review is completed the party under review can request that the review is not published but otherwise has no control over its content.

To review our full Conflicts of Interest Policy, click here. MICAP is committed to operating in a transparent way, so if you would like any further information in relation to our fee model for product providers, please contact us at providerqueries@micap.com.

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