Looking at larger corporate pension funds with over ¥100 billion in assets, over 80% of funds use investment consultants, indicating the importance of consultant coverage by managers.

The combination of continued rapid growth of intra-Asian trade and rock-bottom pricing on trade finance is driving a boom in the use of trade finance among large corporates in Asia.

Real assets are playing an increasingly important role in the investment strategies of U.S. institutions as they look to diversify their portfolios and secure new sources of hard-to-achieve returns.

In this fast-changing environment, Barclays continues to lead the European fixed- income market with a market share of 11.9% of institutional trading volume.

When it comes to large corporate banking and cash management, the new strategies of the biggest global banks can be defined by one word: selectivity.

U.S. companies’ usage of trade finance has increased in every major foreign market, suggesting that big companies here are putting international expansion plans into motion.

“Brokers dominating in emerging markets equities share three characteristics,” says Greenwich Associates consultant John Colon. “They have proven their commitment this business, they have developed specific expertise at the sector...

Although on the surface things seem relatively placid in the European equity industry, with broker commission payments leveling off in 2014 after an extended period of weakness, the European brokerage business could be on the verge of the biggest...

Greenwich Associates has assembled 24 best practices across sales, consultant relations, and relationship management based on our strategic consulting work with leading asset managers around the globe.

After years of playing second fiddle to the sell side as a career option, the asset management industry is emerging as the first choice for many financial professionals.