Bloomberg: Approximately three-quarters of the institutional investors participating in a recent study by Greenwich Associates say they have no difficulty executing corporate bond trades up to $5 million.
Institutional Investor: According to Greenwich Associates, institutions surveyed will spend almost double their 2017 budgets for risk management this year.
FundFire: “Every consultant has their own approach to their rating system, which is part of their efforts to differentiate themselves in the marketplace,” says Andrew McCollum.
Traders: “Investors are taking these steps to ensure liquidity in the short term,” Brad Tingley said. “Over a longer-term horizon, increases in transparency and efficiency brought on by MiFID II and the continuing electronification of market...
Pensions & Investments: Andrew McCollum said fears of change among fiduciaries and manager issues like the internal complexity of making such a structural change, along with the lack of innovation in fee structures in general, makes such...
Financial Times: A report from Greenwich Associates found that European fund managers had cut their 2018 equities research budgets by 20 per cent, or $300m, compared with the previous year.
Bloomberg: “The crown jewel of NEX is BrokerTec,” said Kevin McPartland. “Since this is a U.S. firm buying a market for U.S. debt,” it can be seen as a logical step for CME, he added.
Euromoney: “Trade finance is not a class on the radar of investors – they don’t know much about it. It could take up to 18 months for it to pass the scrutiny of the investors and be available as an investible asset," says Markus Ohlig.
Financial Times: Kevin McPartland points out that banks have also adapted their trading, and are as likely to trade futures as they are the cash market.
Reuters: Greenwich Associates estimates that trading in rate futures can be as much as 70 percent cheaper than doing the equivalent trade with a centrally-cleared interest rate swap.
