This new Greenwich Report takes a detailed look at the market structure of the European bond market, including corporate and government debt, examining its size, product-mix, issuer- and investor bases and functionality.
Some of the sweeping rules put in place at the start of this year by MiFID II are catalyzing innovation, as traders experiment with new tools, analytics and business models to navigate the new landscape, while others are leading to unintended consequences.
Despite a surge in the share of U.S. corporate bond trading volume executed electronically in 2018, Greenwich Associates says consolidation is on the way for electronic platforms.
Regulatory changes and difficult market conditions have made European fixed income a more challenging business for banks. This is leading to increased consolidation across the market.
A new Greenwich Associates report, Outsourced Trading: Helping the Buy Side Improve Execution and Enhance Operational Efficiency investigates outsourced trading and the perception of U.S. institutional asset management and hedge fund professionals toward this growing industry.
Asset managers looking to win retail investment assets must become more nimble and responsive to shifts in a global markets, according to banks, financial advisors, insurers and other companies that distribute retail investment funds across Europe and Asia.
Banks globally continue to invest in the Asian fixed-income market, despite a lull in trading activity that made it tough to make money in 2018, and with an eye toward the fast-growing Chinese bond market.
A bout of Q3 market volatility interjected an element of uncertainty into asset management compensation expectations for 2018, according to the annual compensation report released today by Greenwich Associates and Johnson Associates.
A new Greenwich Associates report finds market participants are spending more than ever on market data as they balance the relative merits of consolidated market data versus proprietary market data and weigh the importance of speed, depth and accuracy of the information provided.