The relationship between the buy side and their brokers is often complex, with commission rates being just one aspect of a broader arrangement. These rates are negotiable and depend on a variety of factors, including the firm type, trading volume and complexity, execution quality, platforms used in order routing, and ancillary or bundled services such as research, regions and regulations.
Since matching the buyer and seller for a bond trade remains principally in the realm of intuition and experience, defining "best execution" can be an elusive endeavor.
European insurance companies are adopting ETFs for a wide range of functions across their investment operations
European pension funds are adopting ETFs into their investment portfolios for both strategic purposes, like obtaining core investment exposures, and tactical tasks.
On the heels of a year with a number of important market structure changes, Greenwich Associates presents the top 15 trends to watch for in 2015.
The commission pool for European equities remains challenged while electronic trading continues to grow.
While U.S. equity derivatives clients direct more flow electronically, the market lags the broader derivatives market.
Trade finance activity is on the rise among companies around the world, driven by the expansion of European and U.S. firms into international markets and the continued surge in trading among companies within the broad Asian...
Over the last decade the buy side has expanded the role and capabilities of their trading desks by making significant investments in technology and staff—a challenging trend to continue when budgets are tight.
Treasury departments at large U.S. companies rank IT security as their top priority for 2015.
Trade finance activity is on the rise globally but reveals a variety of growth strategies for companies in different parts of the world.
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