Press Releases

Welcome to the New World of Equity Trade Execution: MiFID II, Algo Wheels and AI

April 23, 2019

The arrival of MiFID II kicked off a new phase in the evolution of global equity markets, and that pace is set to accelerate as emerging technologies like “algo wheels” and artificial intelligence (AI) transform the way investors around the world execute equity trades.

Asian Institutions Turn to ETFs in Volatile Markets

April 10, 2019

Allocations to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Asian institutional portfolios increased sharply last year. 

MiFIDII Fuels Investor Demand for TCA

April 9, 2019

The implementation of MiFID II last year pushed the already rapid adoption of transaction cost analysis (TCA) systems by institutional investors into overdrive.  

Asia's Biggest Companies Launch Digitization Drive to Transform Corporate Treasury

April 2, 2019

Large Asian companies are kicking off a large-scale drive to use new digital technology to make their treasury and banking operations better, cheaper, faster, and more transparent.

Acquisition Spree Shaking Up Mature World of Buy-Side Trading Systems

March 26, 2019

After a decade of slow and steady change, the order and execution management industry is primed to get exciting once again. 

Asset Management Professionals - Evolve, Or Be Replaced

March 26, 2019

The asset management industry is being disrupted by trends ranging from fee compression and consolidation to AI, big data, analytics, and social media and managers are forced to reassess their business strategies—and their staffing plans. 

LatAm Institutional Investors Embrace ETFs As Instrument of Choice for Volatile Times

March 20, 2019

Latin American institutions continue to adopt ETFs at record levels according to the third annual Latin American ETF Study from Greenwich Associates, with ETF allocation now 18% of total assets in 2018.

Social Media Gaining Influence in Institutional Asset Management

March 19, 2019

Institutional investors are increasingly looking to their most trusted asset managers for market research, and are now more than ever finding that content via social media.

Is e-Trading Eroding the Bulge-Bracket Broker Advantage?

March 12, 2019

Institutions are making more use of both e-trading and sophisticated tools that help them evaluate execution results—and non-bulge bracket brokers are frequently besting their bigger rivals on this fast-evolving playing field. 

During Time of Volatility, ETFs Thrive in Europe

February 28, 2019

Allocations to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by institutions currently investing in them increased by 50% in 2018.