In The News

Bloomberg: "The electronic-trading platforms have an extraordinarily powerful incentive to develop a solution for this, it’s a growing source of credit market liquidity at scale,” said Ken Monahan.

Investment News: A financial transaction tax wouldn’t just hit the markets; the impact would be widespread, and it would even hit individual investors’ 401(k) plans,” Shane Swanson said.

ETF Stream: Last November, a Greenwich Associates study projected US institutional investors were set to double their allocations to liquid alternative ETFs. 

The Trade News: “Innovative solutions that further expand data access while limiting information leakage will prove a key piece of the market’s next evolutionary stage," said Kevin McPartland.

Finance Magnates: Greenwich Associates study shows that a wide range of market players plan to enhance focus on social considerations in ESG approach.

Institutional Asset Manager: ESG factors have grown more important since the onset of pandemic, with a new study conducted by Greenwich Associates showing the ‘social’ aspect coming into greater focus.

Financial News: Fund managers are paying more attention to social considerations, such as labour rights and diversity, than they were prior to the outbreak of coronavirus, according to Greenwich Associates.

Risk: Greenwich Associates found that electronic trading increased around 14% during the peak of the liquidity crisis in March and April.

Bloomberg: Buy-side firms’ most-cited reaction to market uncertainty was to move toward more phone-based trading, with 31% listing it as their response during the early days of the outbreak, according to Greenwich Associates.

P&I: "Technology is critical to the growth of OCIO firms and is a way for managers to differentiate themselves. The big firms, those that will be able to afford the technology spend, will prevail," said Andrew McCollum.