Press Releases

Top Market Structure Trends to Watch in 2025

January 6, 2025

In what promises to be an unpredictable year ahead for financial markets, there are a few things everyone can count on: Trading will continue going electronic, workflows will continue automating, markets will continue becoming more transparent, and AI will play a growing role in all these developments. 

Increased Optimism for U.S. Commercial Lending in 2025

December 17, 2024

Borrowers’ outlooks on loan growth and lending volumes are much more positive compared to this time last year. 

Institutional Investing in the AI Era: The Critical Role of Asset Managers

December 10, 2024

More than half of institutional investors in Europe and Asia have not yet spoken to any of their asset management providers about how managers are implementing artificial intelligence (AI) into their businesses and investment processes. 

FX Traders Invest in Automation, Data in Search of Best Execution

December 10, 2024

Investment firms and corporate treasurers participating in the foreign exchange market are actively investing to further automate their trading workflow to improve execution quality and reduce operational risks.

Muni Bond Boom Fuels Market Structure Innovation, Growth in E-Trading

December 5, 2024

Buy-side FX traders are increasingly focused on achieving best execution, with pricing and quality of coverage emerging as the top attributes when evaluating their FX dealers.

Why Invest in Infrastructure? Institutions in North America and the Rest of the World Disagree

November 20, 2024

Infrastructure is one of the fastest growing asset classes in institutional portfolios around the globe, but institutions in North America and the rest of the world are investing in the asset class for starkly different reasons. 

Buy-Side Traders Prioritize Pricing and Quality of Coverage When Evaluating FX Dealers

November 19, 2024

Buy-side FX traders are increasingly focused on achieving best execution, with pricing and quality of coverage emerging as the top attributes when evaluating their FX dealers.

Tighter Spreads and Bigger Trades: Electronic Trading Gains Momentum in Convertible Bonds

November 14, 2024

Convertible bond trading is going electronic—at least partially.  At first glance, convertible bonds might not seem like a perfect fit for electronic trading. Relative to products like equities, U.S. Treasuries and even traditional corporate bonds, “converts” are much more varied and complicated in structure, and considerably less liquid.

Asian Institutions Plan Major Move into Alternative Assets

November 12, 2024

Asian institutional investors are optimistic about the future investment environment and are looking to put capital to work across a range of asset classes—especially in international assets and alternatives, where asset owners are planning a significant boost to allocations.

European Corporates Navigate New Wave of Supply Chain Disruptions

October 22, 2024

Thanks to their experiences during the pandemic, large European companies have become much more skilled at overcoming disruptions to their supply chains. Today, they are managing to work around a new set of obstacles to keep businesses running and international trade flowing.