Press Releases

European Corporate Banking: An Industry in Flux

March 2, 2017

The results of the annual Greenwich Associates European Large Corporate Banking Study show that over the past 12 months, relatively large numbers of large companies have changed banks, and a surprising 40% of large companies express a strong willingness to switch banks in the year ahead. This activity is having a significant impact on the businesses of banks that have secured spots on the list of the Greenwich Associates 2017 Share and Quality Leaders in European Large Corporate Banking. 

Exchange Traded Funds: "Active" Tools for Institutional Portfolio Management

March 1, 2017

Institutional assets are flowing into exchange-traded funds as U.S. institutions integrate ETFs into essential functions ranging from risk management and liquidity enhancement to the generation of income and yield in a challenging interest-rate environment.

Institutional Investors Shift Trading Desk Spending to Technology and Fixed Income

February 28, 2017

Institutional investors in 2016 increased budgets to fixed-income trading desks in preparation for shifts in the interest-rate environment, and continued to ramp up IT budgets to keep pace with the dramatic changes technology is triggering in financial markets around the world.

New Greenwich Report Takes an In-Depth Look at the Changing Landscape of Global Equity Commission Rates

February 22, 2017

It’s getting less expensive for investors to trade emerging market stocks—and ETFs might be the reason why.

ETFs Gaining Institutional Users and Assets in Asia

February 21, 2017

Exchange-traded funds are attracting new institutional users and assets in Asia. 

Banks That Excel in Providing Advice Dominate 2016 Greenwich Excellence Awards in U.S. Middle Market Banking

February 15, 2017

Bank relationship managers (RMs) are getting better at providing advice to middle-market banking clients. Banks that excel in this increasingly critical area dominate the list of winners of the 2016 Greenwich Excellence Awards in Middle Market Banking. 

In Fight to Win and Retain U.S. Small Business Clients, Greenwich Excellence Award Winners Have Edge

February 14, 2017

An increase in the willingness of U.S. small businesses to use new providers is giving banks an opportunity to grow their franchises—if they can protect the client relationships they already have. In this increasingly competitive market segment, banks with the high-quality service required to win a Greenwich Excellence Award in Small Business Banking have a significant advantage.

A Future for Active Management?

February 9, 2017

Reports of the death of active management are not just premature, they are altogether incorrect. A new Greenwich Report, Is There a Future for Active Management?, concludes that despite the growing enthusiasm for passive investment strategies, active managers will actually thrive in a maturing industry.

Top Trends in Banking - 2017 and Beyond

February 7, 2017

A new report from Greenwich Associates, Top Trends in Banking: 2017 and Beyond,  says a combination of rising interest rates,  a less zealous regulatory environment, tax cuts, and optimism among business owners will provide a much-needed profit boost for banks in 2017.  

Stock Trading Volumes Gravitate to Open and Closing Auctions

February 2, 2017

Stock exchanges’ opening and closing auctions are attracting increasing amounts of trading volume and attention—a phenomenon that will only gain steam with the continued growth of passive investment strategies and ETFs that rely on closing auctions to set their benchmark index prices.