Press Releases

Platform Providers Battle for Share of Growing Electronic Market for U.S. Treasuries and Other Fixed-Income “Rates” Products

October 2, 2014

After bottoming out at 31% in the midst of the global financial crisis, the share of overall U.S. Treasury trading volume executed electronically climbed to 48% in 2014, according to a new report, Platform Providers Battle for Share as e-Trading Grows for Rates Products, from Greenwich Associates.

Changes in U.S. Corporate Bond Market: Evolution, not Revolution

September 15, 2014

The corporate bond market is going through an evolution, but not yet a revolution.

Changes in Fixed-Income Market Stoke Demand for Street Research

September 4, 2014

In 2014, the percentage of clients rewarding dealers for fixed-income related research nearly doubled from two years prior, and the growing importance of research in more illiquid products such as high- yield credit is even stronger. 

Greenwich Associates Names the 2014 Quality Leader in German Investment Management

August 12, 2014

The results of Greenwich Associates 2014 German Investment Management Study suggest the themes of globalization and diversification will remain in place in coming years.

Canadian Fixed-Income: Big Six Becomes Big Seven

August 11, 2014

It's official: The Canadian Big Six are now the Big Seven. Desjardins Capital Markets has joined RBC Capital Markets, TD Securities, BMO Capital Markets, Scotiabank, CIBC, and National Bank Financial to gain entry into the country’s exclusive top tier of dealers.

Regulations Fail to Democratize Interest-Rate Trading

August 6, 2014

A new study based on 1,067 interviews with North American institutional investors from Greenwich Associates concludes that regulators are unlikely to achieve their goal of creating a fixed-income market that is less dependent on a few massive banks.

Asian Institutional Investment Assets Grow 13%

August 4, 2014

Assets held by Asian institutions (excluding Japan) grew 13% from Q1 2013 to Q1 2014, according to new research from Greenwich Associates.

Low Rates And New Regulations Keep Market Conditions Challenging

July 22, 2014

Fixed-income dealers who thought market conditions couldn’t get any worse this year have been proven wrong. In this environment, dealers retaining scale and smaller, potentially more nimble competitors managed the best in terms of market share or gaining new customers.

The Broker Vote: How Institutions Decide Which U.S. Equity Brokers Are In, Which Are Out, And Who Gets Paid

July 9, 2014

A new report from Greenwich Associates sheds light on the process used by institutional investors to determine which U.S. equity research and providers and brokers they will use and, perhaps more importantly, how much compensation these providers will receive in the form of brokerage commission payments.

High-Touch / Execution Consulting Services And Performance-Driving Technologies Spell Opportunity For Sales Traders

June 26, 2014

Equity brokers are pricing traditional “high touch” trades as a premium service—and investors are proving themselves more than willing to pay.