“R3 has been successful because it fostering cooperation between the banks as they explore blockchain technology,” said Richard Johnson, vice president, market structure & technology at industry-analysis firm Greenwich Associates. “They have...
Dr Tobias Miarka, who leads the European business at consultancy Greenwich Associates, said in a webinar today that just 23% of corporate treasurers have put hedges in place to protect against volatility despite expecting an increase in both foreign...
Rather than wiping out traditional banks, the fintech phenomenon will lead to the creation of digital financial superstores as the world's leading banks hoover up the most promising ideas and firms and transform into technology companies, according...
In the UK and US, over 80% of institutional investor relationships with asset managers are driven by recommendations from investment consultants. Getting on to a consultants short-list, and staying there, are fundamental to a firm's success, and the...
“Hacking a blockchain is generally considered a low risk,” says Richard Johnson, a market structure analyst at Greenwich Associates. “Bitcoin has never been hacked.”
Corporate treasurers are apparently just as split over the possibility of a Brexit, a report from Greenwich Associates said this week. Analysts found that more than half of CFOs and corporate treasurers consider it somewhat likely that the U.K....
Half European Treasurers and CFOs see the possibility of 'Brexit', according to the latest official report issued by Greenwich Associates, noting that despite fears of a disorderly exit, most companies not acting to manage risks.
The interest in alternatives — particularly infrastructure — from multiemployer plans reflects broader institutional investor attitudes in Canada. A Greenwich Associates study late last month of Canadian public and corporate pension funds,...
A Greenwich Associates survey of Japanese asset owners showed that while insurers and banks accounted for only 10.4% of a ¥182 trillion pie of externally managed assets in 2015, they've been boosting the outsourced portion of their general account...
Hedge funds almost doubled their use of algorithmic trading in the foreign-exchange market last year, according to Greenwich Associates. Sophisticated investors executed 61 percent of their currency trades via automated computer programs in 2015...
