eFinancial Careers: Buy-side firms' enthusiasm for quant talent is highlighted in the latest survey of 66 buy-side firms by Coalition Greenwich. However, there are signs, too, that their enthusiasm for quants may be waning. Their number one...
Global Custodian: Research tracking securities services revenues since 2015 shows highest first six months among the largest custody banks during 2022.
Bloomberg: It’s “very challenging” for advisory firms now that Chinese outbound deals “are pretty much gone,” said Eric Li.
Markets Media: Audrey Blater said, “Several buy-side traders and nearly 40% of study respondents said that seamless integration with their OMS/EMS providers is crucial..."
Markets Media: In his new role, Forster will draw on his 20-plus years overall in equity market structure and technology to lead the firm’s equity market structure research function.
P&I: In a survey of 87 endowments, foundations and health-care systems Coalition Greenwich found just 10% of those institutions planned to increase their hedge fund allocations this year.
Reuters: The departure of Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN.S) from the business of servicing hedge funds unleashed a battle for market share among banks, with the three biggest players getting bigger, according to prime brokers and new industry data. In...
Reuters: "The cost of operations, technology and compliance upgrades in the medium term could be substantial. The benefits could outweigh the costs in the long term, but the road to that point will be complex," said Kevin McPartland.
IFR: Investment banking divisions are seeing a significant decline in revenues as dealmaking has stalled and the M&A backlog starts to dry up, said Michael Turner.
SPGMI: The world's 10 largest transaction banks posted a combined revenue of $15.6 billion from cash management and trade finance in the first six months of 2022, according to new data by Coalition Greenwich.
