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Canadian institutional investors are expanding the use of exchange-traded funds in their portfolios, using them for risk, liquidity and volatility management, according to a new report by Greenwich Associates.

Richard Johnson, vice president of market structure and technology at Greenwich Associates, said: "In today's environment of continued cost pressure and low margins in many businesses, investment banks are even more incentivized to reduce costs...

“More than one-third of volume traded globally in fixed-income markets is now executed electronically,” said Kevin Kozlowski, Institutional Analyst at Greenwich Associates. “Couple that with three-quarters of approximately 2,500 respondents in our...

But based on recent advances in the investment arena, such as robo-advisers that provide asset allocation advice to individual investors based on machine-learning processes, Mr. Connell predicted “the growth in the adoption of AI and machine...

“Investors are resource constrained and want to do things more efficiently,” said Kevin McPartland, head of market structure research at Greenwich Associates. “For a market that is so liquid and electronic it makes sense that there is more...

Institutionelle Investoren aus Europa setzen börsennotierte Indexfonds (ETFs) so verbreitet ein wie nie zuvor. Das zeigt eine Studie des Analyse- und Beratungsunternehmens Greenwich Associates, an der 132 institutionelle Anleger aus Europa...

“Investors are resource constrained and want to do things more efficiently,” said Kevin McPartland, head of market structure research at Greenwich Associates. “For a market that is so liquid and electronic it makes sense that there is more...

“It’s really black or white – with a Le Pen election no foreign firm would consider moving business to Paris,” said Markus Ohlig, a managing director at Greenwich Associates.

The share of institutional investors using ETFs for liquidity management reached 45% in 2016, up from 36% a year ago, according to Greenwich Associates. The study also reveals that insurers are now the most common users of ETFs among European...

“It appears traders are willing to pay a higher rate to reduce market movement, ensure timely execution and to access capital,” report author William Llamas at Greenwich Associates noted.