In The News

Investment Executive: Asset managers are making greater use of “alternative” data sources, ranging from social media sentiment to crowd-sourced data, according to Greenwich Associates.

Bloomberg: Greenwich Associates found that investors overwhelmingly agree that all-to-all protocols would be the biggest factor helping trading over the next two years. 

OZY: In fall 2018, 26 percent of corporate bond volumes were traded electronically, according to Greenwich Associates, up more than a third since the spring. 

The Trade News: The introduction of MiFID II to Europe’s equities markets has made sourcing liquidity a harder task for the buy-side, according to Greenwich Associates.

CityWire: This is backed up with research by Greenwich Associates, which found that smart beta strategies remain a steady driver of ETF growth and demand.

Traders: “European midsize/regional brokers will continue to face headwinds in this new regime and face a stark choice,” says Richard Johnson.

Markets Media: Richard Johnson said in a report that multilateral trading facilities and exchanges are only capturing about one third of buy-side flow under MiFID II.

Euromoney: According to a recent report by Greenwich Associates about 60% of FX trading desks have now deployed trade performance analysis tools.

Euromoney: “Timing is everything with respect to releasing new protocols,” says Rick McVey, MarketAxess CEO, speaking from the firm’s Hudson Yards office in New York together with Kevin McPartland.

Global Treasurer: According to Greenwich Associates, two major factors are playing a role in companies’ decisions about which banks to use: banks’ willingness to lend, and innovation across their banking products, processes and digital...