Press Releases

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.

Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs) Bring Much-Needed Innovation to Equity Trading

October 22, 2024

Equity traders looking to stay ahead of the curve—and the competition—are turning to alternative trading systems (ATSs) that are experimenting with new innovative features to improve trading outcomes.

Margin Optimization Back in Focus for Derivatives Market

October 16, 2024

New competition in the market for trading and clearing interest-rate futures and swaps is causing the industry to refocus on margin optimization, a process that allows market participants to reduce margin requirements – and ultimately the cost of trading.

Europe’s Fund Distributors Foresee Strong Demand for Equities, Bonds and Alts

October 1, 2024

Europe’s investors are bullish. Across Europe, companies that distribute investment funds expect the investors on their platforms to pour assets into a range of products spanning both equities and fixed income, and traditional and alternative products.