Intermediary distributors of investment products in every major region around the world expect to see increased demand for multi-asset products from clients on their platforms.
With global markets in the grip of volatility, near-fully funded Canadian pension funds are turning their attention to liability management and shifting assets from domestic equities and bonds into areas such as international fixed income, private equity and real assets.
As global equity markets become more complex, buy-side traders are expressing a strong desire for integrated systems for order and execution management. To date, however, the industry has not yet come through with a singular solution to meet that demand.
Order management systems that serve as the sell-side’s IT backbone can have a profound impact on the efficiency of broker-dealer sales desks and risk management practices.
While global banks retained their top positions as Greenwich Leaders in Asian Large Corporate Banking, the stability of this list masks a structural shift taking place across the industry.
Negative interest rates and upheaval among providers of essential cash management systems have propelled cash and liquidity management to top priority for large European companies.
This new quantitative research report from Greenwich Associates suggest that while RFQ platforms will remain a top buy side execution source, available order books should become part of the best execution process going forward.