Financial Times: Last year nearly half of institutional investors that use futures contracts to access passive index returns switched to ETFs, according to Greenwich Associates.
Bloomberg: Electronic-trading technology has matured to the point that about three-quarters of credit investors say they can easily buy or sell orders up to $5 million, according to research by Greenwich Associates.
The Desk: “Certainly the SEC has the ability to do something to address the liquidity issue," said Kevin McPartland.
Bloomberg: “NEX Group and Tradeweb combined handle over 60 percent of the electronically traded volume in the U.S. Treasury market today, which means any change in ownership will be material for the market,” said Kevin McPartland.
Markets Media: A recent report from consultancy Greenwich Associates also found that many US investment managers are considering unbundling.
Financial Post: “I think the biggest trend that we’re following is the increasingly strategic application of ETFs in institutional portfolios,” said Christopher Dunn. “For example, the time in which those investments are in place has extended...
Markets Media: Consultancy Greenwich Associates said in a report, European Corporate Bond Trading: Impacts of MiFID II, that investors in the region execute more than half, 52%, of investment grade corporate bond volume trades electronically,...
Traders: “Even a small proportion of institutions allocating to MPL could have a huge impact on the industry overall—and securitization could be the key to unlocking those assets,” said Richard Johnson.
Reuters: European asset managers could cut their research budgets by more than 100 million euros a year after a major regulatory overhaul of the securities trading industry goes into effect next January, Greenwich Associates found.
Markets Media: “These are the levels that, in aggregate, the buy side feels are the appropriate mix to optimally manage their order flow,” said Richard Johnson.
