Notes on doing the research.
Industry-neutral writing about the work itself: how to cite a paragraph, when to stop, and what a trail is for. Not product announcements.
A regulatory answer you cannot re-find is not an answer. How to pin a claim to the instrument, annex and paragraph someone else can open.
An answer without a method is a claim. Why the steps behind a regulatory answer belong on the same page as the sentence you will quote.
Cross-market regulatory questions fail when they are answered as eight separate memos. How to ask for the differences that actually change the work.
The most expensive regulatory answers are the ones that fill a gap with a plausible sentence. How to treat silence as a finding.
Most of the binding detail in a modern instrument lives in a table. A short method for not missing the row that actually applies.
Retainers are for judgement. Status checks, scope questions and cross-market deltas should not wait for a kickoff call. How to split the work.
A short checklist for reading a cited regulatory answer under time pressure, whether it came from a colleague, a consultant or a research agent.