Find out how the changing role of buy-side traders will impact how they evaluate, select and reallocate commissions to brokers.

The European trade finance market continues to feel the effects of the RBS retrenchment. RBS’ 2014 pullback put clients and money into motion, as companies moved to find new trade finance providers. That volatility has not completely settled and in...

Three global brokers are pulling away from the pack in the Asian equity research/advisory business—a break from historical patterns characterized by a more gradual slope among major competitors.

Staffing and allocation of time spent on treasury and cash management functions by treasury professionals from the 2016 banking and cash management studies.

Institutions are pushing asset managers beyond a focus on relative investment performance and towards providing outcomes that address their holistic portfolio needs.

Portfolio allocations continue to shift slowly from domestic equities to non-traditional categories, though diverging objectives lead to very different allocations across investor types.

Fees paid to external managers of Defined Benefit plans and investment pools.

Investment returns remained illusive for large institutional investors in 2016 (through Q2). Total assets grew 4% over the past year, with only 1% of the growth coming from investment returns.

Institutions report greater appetite for manager hiring across a range of active equity, fixed income, and alternative categories.

Managers are starting to utilize next generation segmentation approaches which move beyond demographic characteristics, focusing instead on client needs and behaviors.