In a simplistic model of trading desk operations, there are two necessities: people (to trade) and technology (to facilitate those trades). As such, we have been tracking the proportion of the...

1Q21 Coalition Index for Investment Banking revenues were up by 39% on a YoY basis and 1Q21 recorded the highest first quarter investment banking revenues in the past six years driven by strong...

Against a backdrop of expanding data sources, remote work and greater need for collaboration, the investment management industry is facing an urgent requirement to leverage modern tools to...

European swaps markets have long led the world in electronic trading. Whereas U.S. markets needed a global credit crisis to create regulations that would drive trading onto the screen, the...

The clear focus on compliance and operational efficiency is putting pressure on banks to be more agile and to rely more on third-party software and services providers. At the same time, trading...

In their quest to differentiate among asset managers beyond product-level information, institutional investors are increasingly focusing on manager attributes that are often difficult to quantify...

First, liquidity, as always, remains a top priority (at least in determining where orders are routed). When decisions are made on where and how to direct orders, a driving focus will always be...

Hope and lofty expectations for change were at the heart of corporate bond market innovation conversations a decade ago. Today, many of those hopes and expectations have become reality and, in...

It’s time for commercial banks to switch from defense to offense. Throughout 2020, work-from-home requirements and the challenge of supporting existing clients through the COVID-19 crisis...

While financial markets were disrupted in 2020 along with the rest of the world, transactions continued despite the market’s complexity—in some cases at a record pace. The Fed helped a little, as...