This presentation from the annual Competitive Challenges Conference includes key issues facing investors and projected allocation changes. Here are the key takeaways: Adopt a long-term focus —...

This presentation from the annual Competitive Challenges Conference covers how large, multi-product managers compete with small, boutique managers. Here are the key takeaways: Focus for larger...

Asian trade finance remains a buyers’ market, with companies able to secure rock-bottom pricing from a host of banks fighting to win their business. However, both banks and corporates are starting to...

The top five dealers in U.S. Treasuries handled 58% of client trading volume in 2016, and the top 10 a collective 85%. In 2009, just following the credit crisis, these numbers looked remarkably...

Total notional volumes for retail structured products distributed by U.S. firms held steady (on a matched set of accounts) at nearly $60 billion annually.

Sell-side trading desks have been upended by structural and cyclical changes. It is clear to most that the previous playbook doesn’t work all that well anymore, and revisions need to be made to...

The use of commission management programs (CMPs)—commission sharing arrangements (CSAs) and client commission agreements (CCAs)—has been a topic of discussion for years. CMPs have been a valuable...

This report provides detailed information from European-based investors investing in Structured Credit, including helpful benchmark data such as: ● Trading volume ● Assets under management...

This report provides detailed information from European-based investors investing in Structured Credit, including helpful benchmark data such as: ● Trading volume ● Assets under management...

This report provides detailed information from European-based investors investing in Government Bonds, including helpful benchmark data such as: ● Trading volume ● Assets under management ●...