Investment banking profits are a two-sided coin. Revenues often make the headlines, but it can be reductions in spending that increasingly drive profitability.

Coalition Greenwich examines 10 of the biggest market structure trends they will be watching in the new year.

The accelerating pace of change in institutional investment markets is placing a premium on asset manager agility. The asset management business is being transformed by a host of powerful trends, including soaring interest rates, increased...

In 3Q23, Coalition Index Investment Banking revenues were down by (1)% on a YoY basis.

Risk levels and delinquencies are climbing in commercial real estate loans, and U.S. banks are expressing concerns about lending standards in CRE portfolios at levels not seen since the onset of the global pandemic.

The current U.S. investment environment is characterized by very high interest rates, inflation and unpredictable market volatility.

Despite the growth in electronic trading in the corporate bond market over the past decade, block trades, defined as those with a notional value of $5 million or more for investment grade and $1 million or more for high yield, remain predominantly...

The market structure supporting the trading of U.S. Treasuries has been under close scrutiny for the past decade. A series of events including the taper tantrum (2013), flash rally (2014), repo market stress (2019), pandemic panic (2020), and...

Investment fund distributors are easing up on environmental, social and governance requirements for asset managers on their platforms in the face of concerns about performance, questions about regulations and reporting standards, and weak demand for...

Known as the Basel III Endgame, U.S. banking regulators have recently proposed a set of amendments to capital rules governing financial institutions with >$100 billion in assets. While there are several amendments prescribed in the latest...