Press Releases

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.

Market Volatility and Growing Uses Drive Big Gains in ETF Investment Among U.S. Institutions

February 27, 2019

U.S. institutional investors are the global leaders when it comes to exchange-traded fund (ETF) investing.

Insurance Companies Accelerate Investment in ETFs

February 21, 2019

Sixty-two percent of U.S. insurance companies are now utilizing exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in their general accounts for reserve and surplus exposures, and among those who have not yet embraced ETFs, 82% expect their organizations will reconsider...

Compensation Spending Drives Budget Growth For Buy Side Trading Desks

February 12, 2019

Budgets for buy-side trading desks in the U.S. and Europe grew 8% last year, fueled by increased spending on compensation.

Transaction Fees, Market Data and Questions About the CAT Top List of Market Structure Issues for 2019

February 7, 2019

Only 2% of traders said they definitely would execute electronic orders with a broker who only used SIP data in their algos, and nearly 1 in 3 want the SEC to pull the plug on the Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT).

Artificial Intelligence Changing The Way Banks View Middle Market Companies

February 6, 2019

Middle market companies could soon experience changes in how banks view and service them due to banks’ adoption of sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) systems that rank companies in terms of their potential profitability as clients.

For Small Business Banking, The Future Is Digital And Self Service

February 5, 2019

When it comes to banking, small businesses are beginning to experience the same benefits of technology as the consumer and corporate segments.

MiFID II and E-Trading are Changing the Game in Asian Equity Brokerage

January 31, 2019

Although a tumultuous 2018 ended up being a positive year for most leading Asian equity brokers, the industry enters 2019 facing profound questions about how changes in regulation and market structure will affect the traditional institutional...

New Swaps Rules Reducing Risk - and Competition

January 31, 2019

Regulators are batting .500 when it comes to their dual goals with post-crisis reforms in the U.S. interest-rate swaps (IRS) market: making markets safer and encouraging competition in swaps trading and clearing.