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...
In zwei Wochen entscheiden die britischen Wähler, ob ihr Land Teil der EU bleibt oder ob es zum Austritt kommt (Brexit). Aktuell liegen die EU-Befürworter in den Umfragen knapp vorne, doch Beobachter rechnen mit einem engen Rennen am 23....
In the $8.16 trillion corporate debt market—the last big refuge for people who trade over the phone—electronic trading of investment-grade bonds grew 25 percent last year, according to Greenwich Associates. MarketAxess, which is one of the biggest...
In March, a survey of corporate banking relationships by Greenwich Associates put HSBC’s market penetration at 60 per cent, StanChart’s at 50 per cent and Citi’s at 44 per cent. ANZ and DBS followed with 34 and 33 per cent respectively. That gap is...
Transaction-cost analysis is also being used by traders to route trades to the exchanges or dark pools that give them the most precise or highest-quality execution. A March Greenwich Associates report on next-generation transaction-cost analysis...
“Blockchain is more secure,” said Richard Johnson, a market structure and technology analyst at Greenwich Associates. “Theoretically they wouldn’t have been able to trick the database.” The financial services industry, including the...
Besides clearing, settlement and custody, blockchain technology has the potential to improve other functions relied upon by managers. These include so-called ”smart contracts” – computer programs that can automate a host of functions tied to...
