Press Releases

FX Algos Are Poised For Growth

February 8, 2018

Approximately 20% of institutional foreign exchange trading volume is now executed via algos, and FX is likely to move steadily in the direction of equity markets, in which “algos” account for more than half of trading volume.

In U.S. Middle Market Banking, The Best Get Better

February 7, 2018

The best U.S. banks are getting better. That’s the main takeaway of the 2017 Greenwich Excellence Awards in Middle Market Banking, which recognize banks that deliver outstanding quality to commercial banking clients. 

Despite Rise of Digital, Branches Remain Important Element of Banking Service

February 6, 2018

The future of banking might be digital, but branch service continues to play an important role in small business banking. That’s one of the primary takeaways of the 2017 Greenwich Excellence Awards in Small Business Banking, which recognize banks that deliver outstanding quality to small business clients.

No More Easy Growth: Electronic Trading Platforms Fight for Business in U.S. Equities

February 1, 2018

Amid a maturing market for electronic trades and what appears to be a secular slowdown in investor trading activity, e-trading platforms will have to fight to capture market share from rivals and rely on innovation as a source of future growth.

As AI Technology Matures, Executives are Increasingly Open to Robo-Advisers and expect 24-hour Credit Decisions

January 30, 2018

Owners and executives of small and mid-sized companies are taking their experiences and expectations as online consumers to their bank relationships.

In Fixed-Income, Banks Prepare for Long-Awaited Catalyst

January 25, 2018

Banks around the world are upgrading—or at the very least, maintaining—the talent and technology of their fixed-income platforms to take full advantage when volatility and client trading activity and revenues return.

EFM Platforms for Customer Experience (CX): Tools, Not Strategies

January 23, 2018

Although EFM platforms designed to save money and “digitally transform” their customer experience (CX) programs have failed to live up to the promise, companies should not give up or lose hope. There is a way to cure the EFM hangover. 

After A Resurgent 2017, Asian Equity Brokers Brace For MiFID II Shake-Up

January 16, 2018

A surge in equity market valuations and a rebound in trading activity provided a major boost to Asia’s brokers in 2017. However, this is tempered by worry about the looming impact of MiFID II, which could make 2018 a messy year. 

Solvency II Rules Trigger Flood of Insurance Company Investments in Real Estate and Infrastructure Debt

January 16, 2018

One-third of continental European insurance companies expect to increase investment portfolio allocations to real estate and infrastructure in the next three years.

MiFID II Has Already Shrunk European Equity Research Industry by $300 Million

January 9, 2018

New MiFID II rules on payments for investment research that went into effect January 3 have already shrunk the market for European equity research by an annual $300 million, and the ultimate impact of the regulations likely won’t be evident before the end 2018