Press Releases

European Institutional Equity Trade Commissions Increase 15%, Returning to Near Bull-Market Levels

February 18, 2026

The pool of commissions paid to brokers by institutional investors for European equity trades increased 15% last year.  That growth brought commissions on trades of European equities to about $2.65 billion in 2025, a total roughly in line with 2021 bull-market levels...

AI in Corporate Treasury: Where’s the ROI?

February 18, 2026

Corporate Treasury departments aren’t getting the productivity boost they anticipated from their investments in AI. This experience might have broader lessons for companies around the world wondering why the ROI on AI is falling short of expectations, at least for now.

Amid Economic Uncertainty, Smaller Banks Are Standing Out For Support of Small Businesses and Midsize Companies

February 11, 2026

Regional and community banks have a chance to regain ground lost to larger providers by distinguishing themselves as trusted advisors, providing crucial support to help clients navigate today’s uncertain environment.

For Private Equity and Credit Firms, Innovation and AI Adoption Slowed by Siloed Systems, Lack of Expertise

February 10, 2026

Although private markets are at the cutting edge of today’s financial markets, private capital firms themselves have been surprisingly slow to innovate internally, with fragmented systems slowing the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and many workflows still reliant on Excel spreadsheets.

Wall Street Likes the Odds for Prediction Markets as a Useful Tool for Institutional Investors

January 29, 2026

Wall Street is getting on the bandwagon for prediction markets, which it views as both a potential source of valuable data and a new vehicle for taking and hedging investment positions.

Crisil Coalition Greenwich Announces 2026 Best Banks and Share Leaders for Corporate Banks

January 28, 2026

J.P. Morgan earned an impressive trifecta this year by being named the Best Bank in Corporate Banking and Corporate Cash Management globally and joining HSBC as Best Bank for Corporate Foreign Exchange globally in 2026, according to Crisil Coalition Greenwich. 

Brokers See a Surge in U.S. Equity Trading Commissions, But Don’t Call it a Comeback

January 21, 2026

Commissions paid by institutional investors to brokers on trades for U.S. equity trades jumped 12% to just under $7 billion in 2025, levels not seen since the meme stock surge of 2021.

Buy-Side Professionals Embedding Programmatic Research Across Organizations

January 15, 2026

As programmatic research becomes an increasingly important part of investment analysis, buy-side firms are moving to centralize programmatic research tools and workflows across investment teams, risk and compliance functions, trading desks, and other areas of their organizations. 

Investor Preference for Strong Private-Market Brands Driving Asset Management M&A

January 7, 2026

Investors pouring money into private credit and other alternatives are gravitating to specialist managers with long histories in these complex and often unfamiliar asset classes. This preference has helped drive a string of mergers and partnerships playing out between alternative specialists and diversified asset managers looking to establish a presence in the booming space.

Top Trends in Financial Market Structure for 2026

January 5, 2026

A regulatory renaissance, the next phase of the AI boom, the continued emergence of tokenization, and the institutionalization of fast-growing prediction markets are just a few of the powerful trends that will drive the evolution of financial market structure in 2026.