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Reuters: “FX algo usage will rise as it is extremely difficult for human traders to beat machines in volatile markets," said Ken Monahan.

Profit & Loss: The massive spike in volatility due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a nearly unprecedented climb in the value of the dollar has left market participants scrambling for cover, notes Greenwich Associates in its 2020 Greenwich...

Institutional Investor: Andrew McCollum says there will likely be a “pause” in manager hiring, as many institutional investors postpone or extend their search processes.

FinAsia: Greenwich Associates estimates 50 percent of cash equity trading to be done electronically by 2022 after the market grew 43 percent last year.

American Banker: "Having another outlet has to help," said Steve Busby. "There are all these stories of businesses that didn't have a bank relationship, and they're going to anyone who'll listen" to obtain funding.

FundFire:  And they have clear preferences about the type of investment strategies and managers they would introduce to their portfolios or invest more with to increase their exposure, a Greenwich Associates report shows.

Wealth Professional: A new report found that many plan to modify their approach to China public equity allocations.

Nasdaq: “General speaking, the markets have been handling activity and heightened volatility pretty well,” Cohen said in an interview with Shane Swanson.

FinAsia: A recent survey of institutional investors named government mistrust as the first amongst top concerns that have led to lagging implementation of dedicated China strategies.

MarketsMedia: “Most financial services firms are still working hard at normalizing the data they do have, are struggling to work within privacy rules surrounding customer data, and often work with such limited data sets that the output is still more...