American Banker: Duncan Banfield said, “In many cases we hear through our research that clients are constantly being asked through different parts of the bank, for reasons that aren’t ever all that clear, for the types of information that are being...
P&I: Richard Johnson wrote that institutional investors are using listed options to protect their portfolio following a long bull market, to increase income from investment holdings and to improve their overall risk-return profile.
ETF Strategy: Andrew McCollum commented, “With market volatility on the upswing and interest rates in key markets around the world expected to climb, Greenwich Associates expects this growth in ETF use and allocation to continue over a longer-term...
FundFire: The results indicate the role of an investment consultant has changed over the past 10 years, according to Sara Sikes.
Asian Investor: Regional investors are using ETFs to explore new markets as well as move further into the fixed-income space according to Greenwich Associates.
ETF Trends: According to the 8th annual Greenwich Associates U.S. ETF Study, institutional investment demand for ETFs will continue to grow for 2018 and into 2019.
CryptoSlate: “What’s novel about Airswap is that there’s no New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq type entity in the middle, setting rules. That’s cool, we haven’t seen that before,” said Richard Johnson.
Bloomberg:“This is where the real potential of blockchain comes in, where assets are digitized as opposed to a purely post-trade infrastructure solution,” said Richard Johnson.
Traders: Although overall technology spending by asset managers have been relatively flat for the past few years, spending on the risk management has grown, said Kevin McPartland.
PlanSponsor: A new ETF market analysis from Greenwich Associates shows institutions continue relying on ETFs as “a liquid, fast and relatively low-cost tool.
