In The News

Bloomberg: "The electronic-trading platforms have an extraordinarily powerful incentive to develop a solution for this, it’s a growing source of credit market liquidity at scale,” said Ken Monahan.

Investment News: A financial transaction tax wouldn’t just hit the markets; the impact would be widespread, and it would even hit individual investors’ 401(k) plans,” Shane Swanson said.

The Trade News: “Innovative solutions that further expand data access while limiting information leakage will prove a key piece of the market’s next evolutionary stage," said Kevin McPartland.

ETF Stream: Last November, a Greenwich Associates study projected US institutional investors were set to double their allocations to liquid alternative ETFs. 

Financial News: Fund managers are paying more attention to social considerations, such as labour rights and diversity, than they were prior to the outbreak of coronavirus, according to Greenwich Associates.

Institutional Asset Manager: ESG factors have grown more important since the onset of pandemic, with a new study conducted by Greenwich Associates showing the ‘social’ aspect coming into greater focus.

Finance Magnates: Greenwich Associates study shows that a wide range of market players plan to enhance focus on social considerations in ESG approach.

Risk: Greenwich Associates found that electronic trading increased around 14% during the peak of the liquidity crisis in March and April.

Bloomberg: Buy-side firms’ most-cited reaction to market uncertainty was to move toward more phone-based trading, with 31% listing it as their response during the early days of the outbreak, according to Greenwich Associates.

P&I: "Technology is critical to the growth of OCIO firms and is a way for managers to differentiate themselves. The big firms, those that will be able to afford the technology spend, will prevail," said Andrew McCollum.