Press Releases

In Fight to Win and Retain U.S. Small Business Clients, Greenwich Excellence Award Winners Have Edge

February 14, 2017

An increase in the willingness of U.S. small businesses to use new providers is giving banks an opportunity to grow their franchises—if they can protect the client relationships they already have. In this increasingly competitive market segment, banks with the high-quality service required to win a Greenwich Excellence Award in Small Business Banking have a significant advantage.

A Future for Active Management?

February 9, 2017

Reports of the death of active management are not just premature, they are altogether incorrect. A new Greenwich Report, Is There a Future for Active Management?, concludes that despite the growing enthusiasm for passive investment strategies, active managers will actually thrive in a maturing industry.

Top Trends in Banking - 2017 and Beyond

February 7, 2017

A new report from Greenwich Associates, Top Trends in Banking: 2017 and Beyond,  says a combination of rising interest rates,  a less zealous regulatory environment, tax cuts, and optimism among business owners will provide a much-needed profit boost for banks in 2017.  

Stock Trading Volumes Gravitate to Open and Closing Auctions

February 2, 2017

Stock exchanges’ opening and closing auctions are attracting increasing amounts of trading volume and attention—a phenomenon that will only gain steam with the continued growth of passive investment strategies and ETFs that rely on closing auctions to set their benchmark index prices. 

Alternative Data for Alpha

January 31, 2017

Institutional investors are on the hunt for alternative data that can help boost investment returns and give them an advantage over rivals.  Eighty percent of the institutional investors participating in a recent study by Greenwich Associates want greater access to alternative data sources to help generate investment “alpha.”

2016 Greenwich Leaders in Global Fixed Income

January 25, 2017

Amid the many changes in market structure, regulations and technology unfolding in global fixed-income markets in 2016, one thing remained the same: Citi is at the top.

Buy-side Traders Demand Increased Transparency and Control

January 24, 2017

Buy-side traders are executing more equity electronic trading business away from their top three brokers as they seek superior trading performance and greater levels of control and transparency for their clients.

In Unsettled Market, BNP Paribas Leads European Trade Finance

January 23, 2017

European companies in need of trade finance continue to feel the effects of turmoil among the major banks. In particular, the pullback by RBS in 2014 put clients and money into motion as companies moved to find new trade finance providers. That volatility has not completely settled and turnover levels remain high.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley Top List of 2016 Greenwich Leaders in Asian Equities

January 19, 2017

Three global brokers are pulling away from the pack in the Asian equity research/advisory business — a break from historical patterns characterized by a more gradual slope among the major competitors.

2017: Liquidity-Starved Bond Investors Could Get Relief from Block Trading Solutions and Liquidity Intelligence

January 18, 2017

Despite consolidation among providers of corporate bond platforms and technology, liquidity-starved bond investors could soon find relief from new solutions that open up the pool of potential buyers and sellers, and could eventually provide a view into the location of every bond in the world.