A good broker can transform an equity trader’s day. They’re not just order-takers, they’re problem-solvers, partners and sometimes even advisors. But reaching that level of trust and understanding requires give and take. Communication is key—and sometimes, that means having tough conversations. To spark a healthy dialogue, we surveyed 40 U.S. buy-side traders about what they wish their brokers understood better about their daily grind.
Anyone operating in the U.S. equity market knows it is challenging times. The continued pressure on commissions remains the main story for the buy side, sell side and technology providers operating in the space.
It is easy to focus on the bells and whistles of the feature sets, however the ROI from these outlays can be difficult to quantify, particularly for “user experience” factors such as ease of use.
In the most comprehensive study to date, Greenwich Associates assesses the current state of blockchain adoption across banks, brokers, asset managers, exchanges, and technology vendors while also capturing the opinion of the leading blockchain...
2015 was a record-breaking year for ETFs, which attracted more than $350 billion in new assets globally.
With the advent of progressively more rigorous capital requirements, dealers have been compelled to reprice interest-rate derivative products.
The fixing scandal of 2013/2014 sent shockwaves through the global foreign exchange markets. As traders and investors discovered that key benchmark rates had been manipulated by large dealers, they have shifted towards utilizing algorithmic trading...
In the age of algorithmic trading with execution speeds measured in microseconds, the race to reduce market data latency has captured the attention of market data professionals and quantitative traders for the better part of a decade.
Industry stakeholders around the world (including dealers, institutional investors and regulators) are seeking to enhance standards of conduct across the financial services industry.
Banks today feel like analog players in an increasingly digital world. Yet change is coming fast: Within the next decade, they will feel and operate more like tech companies with banking licenses. Buyers of wholesale banking services have started...
Greenwich Associates spoke to corporate treasury professionals in Europe and the U.K. to learn how businesses are dealing with the uncertainty, how prepared they are for a Brexit and how they feel it would impact their investment strategies and bank...
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