Press Releases

Top Trends in U.S. Commercial Banking for 2024

January 23, 2024

U.S. commercial banks in 2024 will look to a combination of shifting interest rates, emerging technologies and mergers & acquisitions to boost profitability and fend off competition from private lenders and fintech alternatives.  

Electronic Platforms Capture Growing Share of U.S. Equity Trading Volume

January 16, 2024

Equity investors increased the share of trading volumes executed electronically last year, continuing the evolution of the U.S. stock trading business into an increasingly complex, fast-moving technologically driven market structure. 

New Coalition Greenwich Research Shows Many Companies Not Committing Resources to Meet Sustainability Goals

January 9, 2024

Many large companies that have adopted net-zero and other sustainability targets have yet to allocate meaningful resources to meet those goals. 

Corporate and Investment Banks Devote 20% of Spending to Technology

January 9, 2024

Technology investments by corporate and investment banks increased 5.4% last year and now account for approximately 20% of overall spending.

Coalition Greenwich Names Top Market Structure Trends for 2024

January 3, 2024

Financial markets around the world in 2024 will continue to be reshaped by powerful changes in market structure.

Agility: The New Competitive Advantage for Asset Managers

January 3, 2024

The accelerating pace of change in global investment markets and the institutional asset management industry is forcing asset management firms to reassess long-term strategies and become more flexible in making short-term adjustments to keep their strategic plans on track. 

CRE Lending: Rising Risks, More Delinquencies and Tighter Credit Standards

December 19, 2023

Risk levels and delinquencies are climbing in commercial real estate loans, and U.S. banks are expressing concerns about lending standards in CRE portfolios at levels not seen since the onset of the global pandemic. 

Continental European Institutions Continue Move into Private Assets

December 12, 2023

Rising interest rates and economic uncertainty have not curbed Continental European institutional investors’ growing appetite for private assets. 

Risk Management in MBS: A Call to Action

December 12, 2023

Rising interest rates have unleashed a wave of volatility in U.S. mortgage backed securities (MBS) this year. As market participants prepare for projected growth in investment in mortgage products during 2024, buy-side and sell-side firms expect to increase spending on data, AI and other technology to upgrade risk-management capabilities for a more challenging and dynamic environment. 

Block Trades: The Next Frontier For Electronic Execution in Corporate Bonds

December 7, 2023

Despite the corporate bond market’s big move towards electronic trading over the past decade, 90% of the market’s biggest trades are still executed via phone or chat. This represents a huge opportunity for trading platforms that offer new tools to facilitate the trading of block orders on the screen.