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While electronic trading has been used in other asset classes - it made up about 20% of trades in the of the US investment-grade bond market in 2015, according to a Greenwich Associates report cited by a SIFMA presentation - leveraged loan trades...

Algorithmic trading is taking hold in foreign exchange – in part due to fallout from the 2013 FX “fixing scandal.” Foreign exchange represents one of the world’s biggest, most liquid and most electronic marketplaces. But while algorithmic trading...

Some digital transformation proponents have long recognized that digital transformation is more than digitization. They start with that definition I quoted, but continue along these lines, which comes from Isaac Sacolick, global CIO and a...

Exchange-traded funds, long the province of small-time investors, are finding increasing acceptance with professionals who are expected to add $300 billion to the products each year by 2020. That’s the finding of research by Greenwich Associates...

In the ongoing battle of big banks versus fintech companies, there will be an ultimate victor: the incumbent. By 2025, leading banks will operate as digital financial superstores that blur the line between technology companies and banks. The...

More and more FX managers are turning to algorithmic trading to gain control, transparency and efficiency. Although widely used in equity markets, only a few corporates have entered the world of algorithmic trading in their FX hedge programs. But...

New research from Greenwich Associates shows that top-notch persuasion and presentation skills will be more critical than ever for investment managers seeking to build relationships with consultants, who are tightening their control of institutional...

Higher capital costs associated with the derivatives products used by corporate treasuries for hedging are starting to filter through to end-clients, according to research from Greenwich Associates, which found that despite years of stable usage of...

RBC Capital Markets has extended its lead over the rest of the big bank-owned dealers in the Canadian equity trading business, according to a report from Greenwich Associates published on Wednesday. Based on surveys of 59 institutional portfolio...

Market participants have expressed confidence that organized trading facilities (OTFs) – the new venue introduced under Mifid II – will deliver increased transparency compared with multilateral trading facilities (MTFs). "Regulators will be...