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FTSE: “In the past, banks could afford to postpone technology and analytics investments in favor of relationship managers and other staples—those days are over,” explains Duncan Banfield.

Bloomberg: “It was hard for foreign exchange dealers to make money in 2017,” wrote James Borger and Satnam Sohal. "That extended period of frustratingly slow market activity was just the breather banks needed to get their FX desks prepped and ready...

FundFire: Christopher Dunn, "Managers need to differentiate themselves from other managers, the most obvious way is through performance track records. However, instead of showing performance figures, managers need to 'engage at a deeper level'.”

P&I: Andrew McCollum: "I do think in the future you'll see some firms be very successful and some not. There will definitely be winners and losers. So firms want to pay their CEOs to drive long-term success. That will mean changes in how...

MarketsMedia: The asset management community is bullish on risk management investments as approximately three-quarters of buy-side firms look to evaluate or implement new risk platforms in the next 12 months, according Greenwich Associates.

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...