In The News

Bloomberg: More trading in the $14 trillion Treasury market is being executed electronically, with 69% of the roughly $487 billion in daily turnover handled that way, according to Greenwich Associates.

MarketsMedia: “Looking forward, the buy side expects to reduce reliance on investment bank research even further, looking instead to boutique research firms and emerging technology-driven solutions,” said Richard Johnson.

Financial News: “There’s a lot of money to be made,” said Richard Johnson.

Finance Magnets: A new report from Greenwich Associates shows equities brokerage commissions dropped for the eighth consecutive year. 

Traders: “Models that can truly learn from their actions and the reactions of the markets without any human intervention could result in the creation of a whole new category of investing,” said Kevin McPartland.

WSJ: “Issuing [securities] on the blockchain is the future and a lot more efficient than the way we do it now,” said Richard Johnson.

NZZ: Diese Studie belegt, dass die ETF weiter an Gewicht zulegen. 2017 waren durchschnittlich 10,3% dieser Portfolios in ETF investiert, nach 7,7% im Vorjahr. 

Banking Exchange: Duncan Banfield says the leaders of change have already started their transformation to greater use of analytics for business banking. But they are out in front.

Investment & Pensions Europe:“After multiple years of regular use, European institutions have found ETFs to be simple, versatile and cost-effective tools, and they are ramping up their investments at a rapid clip,” said Andrew McCollum.

Finextra: News of the plan comes as a new report from Greenwich Associates suggests that stock certificates could someday be endangered, replaced by the new invasive species of security tokens.