Just as the U.S. swaps market was starting to feel some market structure certainty, the political situation in Washington was upended, bringing uncertainty back.

Though MiFID II implementation is still well over a year away, larger global and European asset managers are already taking actions to address its core requirement to separate payment for research from execution.

Eight characteristics that define Best-of-Breed Platforms of digital banking; Priorities for today and tomorrow

There are many market structure issues that have been much discussed topics since the passage of Reg NMS, such as high-frequency trading, dark liquidity, co-location, and fee structures. 

Greenwich Associates has unique insights to help consultants and managers quantify the value of specialization through client segmentation. Our findings are based on data regarding investment consulting firms and are also applicable to investment...

For many finance executives, social media is an important part of their professional lives. It is used to engage with peers and colleagues, to research sales leads, to learn from industry leaders, and even as a source of alpha for certain strategies...

The top five dealers in U.S. Treasuries handled 58% of client trading volume in 2016, and the top 10 a collective 85%.

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 remain relevant and ensure growth over the next decade...

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 tool used by institutional buy-side investors to help...

The fixed-income market is all about borrowing money to finance capital investments, allowing those that need it to borrow it from those that have it. From their early beginnings over 400 years ago, bonds have helped the global economy expand faster...