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“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.

Bonuses across the industry are expected to come down 5%-10% at traditional shops and 15% at hedge funds, according to a Greenwich Associates and Johnson Associates report.

Per a study of 132 institutional investors in Europe from Greenwich Associates, insurers are now the most common users of ETFs among European institutions, surpassing asset managers, the most prolific users of ETFs in 2015. Nearly six in 10 pension...

Richard Johnson says the change “puts sellside analysts on the same playing field as independent research providers, who’ve been pricing their research for some time”.

Bonuses across the industry were expected to be down 5 percent to 10 percent at traditional firms and as much as 15 percent at hedge funds because of the profit squeeze, according to a December report from Greenwich Associates and Johnson Associates...

In a new report, “ETFs: ‘Active’ Tools for Institutional Portfolios,” Greenwich Associates says it interviewed 187 institutional investors and found respondents invest an average 21.2% of total assets in ETFs—up from the 18.9% of total assets...

Blackrock's iShares ranked no.1 by institutional investors in a Greenwich Associates study.

In its latest report, “Have Emerging Markets Emerged? An In-Depth Look at the Changing Landscape of Global Equity Commission Rates,” market consultancy Greenwich Associates has noted that headline commission rates have remained largely unchanged in...

Asset managers are also reducing costs, trimming budgets for FX trading desks by 1 percent on average last year, even as they boosted fixed-income budgets by 3 percent, according to a survey by Greenwich Associates. Buy-side firms are trying to...

Budgets for fixed income trading desks increased in 2016 for technology as the industry prepares for shifts in interest rates.  A study of 270 buy-side traders globally - carried out by Greenwich Associates - found fixed income trading desk...