Investors tapping into alternative datasets in their search for alpha are discovering that even the best data is less valuable without the right delivery methods, analytical tools and hands-on support from data providers.
Over the past decade, the U.S. institutional investment consulting industry has been reshaped by a series of seismic trends, including consolidation, the rise of the outsourced chief investment officer, the entry of private equity as owners, and the integration of consulting with wealth management and RIA firms...
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...
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.