U.S. institutional investors are casting a wide net in their search for liquidity and investment ideas by maintaining relationships with scores of U.S. equity brokers and research providers.
A move by the European regulators to “unbundle” payments for research from commissions paid on equity trades will have potentially significant and negative consequences for both the buy side and sell side, according to a new report from Greenwich Associates.
A loss of liquidity in global fixed-income markets and a host of other challenges facing investors has set the stage for what could be significant increases in institutional use of bond ETFs, according to the results of a new study, Bond Market Challenges Continue to Drive Demand for Fixed-Income ETFs, from Greenwich Associates.
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As new regulations and changes to market structure make fixed-income markets more complex, a growing number of institutional investors are adopting transaction cost analysis (TCA) to assess the effectiveness of trades.
A new report from Greenwich Associates, In-House is Out as OMS and EMS Vendors Continue to Up Their Game, found that as institutional trading desks discard in-house technology in favor of outsourced systems, technology providers are working hard to meet the changing needs of the market.
Most investors understand that commission rates on equity trades vary from country to country and from developed to emerging markets, but new research from Greenwich Associates reveals that rates also vary to a huge extent from investor to investor within markets.