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Are futures the new ETFs?

Greenwich Report
November 2026 By: Kevin McPartland
New futures contracts were created at a faster pace than exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this year, an interesting turn of events given ETFs’ rapid adoption since launching in 1990.
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The wave of perpetual futures has been building and is now crashing on our shores. While still primarily trading on offshore venues, perpetual futures or “perps” have captivated U.S. derivatives traders and market structure experts in 2026.
Crisil Coalition Greenwich, in partnership with SIX for the fourth consecutive year, gathered responses from 73 global buy-side and sell-side firms to understand how market data consumption, sourcing and delivery needs are changing.
Australia’s payments landscape is undergoing a significant transformation as the industry moves towards real-time payments.
The mainframe isn’t going anywhere and remains deeply embedded in banking infrastructure, even as institutions expand their use of cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI).

U.S. equity electronic trading: The broker view 2026

Greenwich Report
July 2026 By: Jesse Forster
Low-touch electronic equities brokers entered the summer of 2026 with swagger.
The vast majority of buy-side fixed-income traders and portfolio managers (PMs) use an order management system (OMS).
The global corporate foreign exchange (FX) market is in transition, according to findings from our Voice of Client – 2025 Global Treasury Services Study. Corporate priorities are shifting from a focus on electronic efficiency back toward the value...

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