Press Releases

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. 

Alternative Data for Alpha

January 31, 2017

Institutional investors are on the hunt for alternative data that can help boost investment returns and give them an advantage over rivals.  Eighty percent of the institutional investors participating in a recent study by Greenwich Associates want greater access to alternative data sources to help generate investment “alpha.”

2016 Greenwich Leaders in Global Fixed Income

January 25, 2017

Amid the many changes in market structure, regulations and technology unfolding in global fixed-income markets in 2016, one thing remained the same: Citi is at the top.

Buy-side Traders Demand Increased Transparency and Control

January 24, 2017

Buy-side traders are executing more equity electronic trading business away from their top three brokers as they seek superior trading performance and greater levels of control and transparency for their clients.

In Unsettled Market, BNP Paribas Leads European Trade Finance

January 23, 2017

European companies in need of trade finance continue to feel the effects of turmoil among the major banks. In particular, the pullback by RBS in 2014 put clients and money into motion as companies moved to find new trade finance providers. That volatility has not completely settled and turnover levels remain high.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley Top List of 2016 Greenwich Leaders in Asian Equities

January 19, 2017

Three global brokers are pulling away from the pack in the Asian equity research/advisory business — a break from historical patterns characterized by a more gradual slope among the major competitors.

2017: Liquidity-Starved Bond Investors Could Get Relief from Block Trading Solutions and Liquidity Intelligence

January 18, 2017

Despite consolidation among providers of corporate bond platforms and technology, liquidity-starved bond investors could soon find relief from new solutions that open up the pool of potential buyers and sellers, and could eventually provide a view into the location of every bond in the world.

Top 10 Market Structure Trends for 2017

January 3, 2017

Many of the most important changes in financial market structure in 2017 will be driven by two disruptive factors: technology and Trump.

"Big Four" Dominate U.S. Large Corporate Banking, But Much Business Still Up For Grabs

December 14, 2016

For the second year in a row, an unusually large amount of corporate banking business and relationships are up for grabs in the United States. Forty-five percent of the companies participating in the Greenwich Associates 2016 U.S. Large Corporate Banking Study are moving or considering moving business from one bank to another over the next 12 months. That share is up from just 32% in 2013.

Barclays and JP Morgan Lead in a Transforming European Fixed-Income Market

December 14, 2016

Although the gradual stabilization of European banks helped stem the flow of fixed-income trading business to U.S. rivals last year, the market’s post-crisis evolution is far from complete.