Castine Conversations
We come across hundreds of interesting people and firms in the different projects that we undertake in the commission management and research management space. We thought others would be as fascinated as we are with them.
This podcast introduces us to business leaders, entrepreneurs, and businesses around the globe who have special interest in commission management (aka CSAs and soft dollars), broker/producer compensation, research services (including full RMS, research discovery, compliance, budgeting, and payments thereof). Each person is unique in their background and offers their advice on getting started and how their business operates and grows. We hope you enjoy it!
Castine works with over 50 brokers, 500+ asset managers, and 2000+ research providers with its solution suites. We have clients globally and support them with teams in London, Lisbon, Paris, New Jersey (USA), and Buenos Aires. Our solutions are cloud-based and are used by institutional and retail brokers, investment managers, research providers, and hedge funds worldwide.
Castine Conversations
Rudolf Siebel and Robin Hodgkins - The German Perspective on Research and CSAs
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In this conversation we meet Rudolf Siebel, a Managing Director at the BVI German Investment Funds Association.
The German Investment Funds Association represents the interests of over 100 large German funds with almost E5 trillion under management; Rudolf is responsible for several different areas, including regulatory affairs, industry standards, and market research. He is a member of the European Commission Expert Group on European Data Space, has authored papers through that group and has participated on panels at several CSA-focused conferences in the UK. He has been with BVI (with a break or two) since 1991. The conversation was recorded on July 9, 2026.
For more information on the BVI German Investment Funds Association, please visit BVI.de.
For more information on Castine LLC, including our commission management, research invoicing, compensation, and compliance solutions for investment managers and retail and institutional brokers, please visit CastineLLC.com