The business of interest-rate swaps trading is rapidly moving to electronic platforms. Sixty percent of notional client swap trading volume in the U.S. this year is being executed electronically - up...
A quarter of U.S. small businesses and mid-sized companies are obtaining credit from non-bank providers, and nearly all have found the experience so positive that they would borrow from a non-bank...
The U.S. Treasury “flash crash” on October 15, 2014 acted as a catalyst for market structure change.
A market-wide feeling of content with existing relationships, protocols and...
The role of the FX salesperson is not what it used to be. Electronic trading continues to grow, while regulatory scrutiny limits what salespeople can and will tell their clients. The combination...
The blockchain’s utility is quite straightforward—it keeps databases in sync and ensures that every transaction entered into those databases is legitimate. But taking that premise and...
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For institutional traders, the original “set and forget” approach to e-trading has been supplanted by a purposeful, spasmodic style where orders are released for a few minutes and then...
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Recent research by Greenwich Associates found that regulatory mandates and shrinking margins led capital markets businesses to sink an average of $13.7 million into managing reference data last year...
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In a complex business like banking, it is critical to recognize groups of customers with similar characteristics and needs, and to understand the business requirements and value of each group....
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Amid all the time and resources asset managers devote to building “solutions-based” business models, the single most important factor in determining these firms’success is the quality and execution...
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Institutional investors in European equities continue to allocate the bulk of their commission spend for research/advisory services.
Should regulatory changes drive down these expenditures, even...
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