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Much of the debate in the 52 letters the Treasury received over the past few months from dealers, investors, central banks and academics centered around which activities should get more regulation as the market changes. High-speed trading firms...

“Compression continues to work, reducing the spider web of derivatives transactions while leaving the wanted exposures intact,” said Kevin McPartland, head of market structure research at Greenwich Associates.

In a new report, entitled Move Over, Neighbor: EMS Establishes Residency on the Desktop, 70 percent of the 258 global buyside traders surveyed reported using third-party execution management systems. Also in the survey, 61 percent of the respondents...

Analysts who sell their research to investors are “trying to make sure they’re spending their time and effort on the right information for the right clients,” said Kevin McPartland, an analyst with Greenwich Associates, a financial services advisory...

Liability management is a concern among Canadian plans because more DB plans remain open there than in the U.S., particularly among corporate pension funds, and thus liabilities among Canadian plans will grow faster than in the U.S., said study...

A recent Greenwich Associates study entitled "The Big Sales Trading Upgrade" found that 70 percent of certified trading desks are either to remain flat or decrease head count this year. The report's authors found an even split, with 35 percent...

“There are some large investors that will only do business with a primary dealer,” said Kevin McPartland, head market-structure analyst with financial-services consulting firm Greenwich Associates. “The intangible credibility that comes along with...

Congratulations our CIO Isaac Sacolick - third year in a row!! 2016 is the year of the connected customer and an opportunity for CIOs to help their companies learn more about and engage with their customers in a whole new way.

Kevin McPartland, head of market structure and technology research at Greenwich Associates, believes that discussion of migration from OTC to exchange fails to take account of some of the nuances of the FX market and that the future lies in venues...

The equities focus is part of a desperate hunt for growth across Wall Street. After five-plus years of weak results, banks are lifting every rock to find revenue underneath. First-quarter results underscored that trend. "It's still tough out...