For the first time since 2009, buy-side institutions have reduced the number of firms they use for research and advisory services, and narrowed the number of execution partners as well. Despite this...

Investment consultants in the United Kingdom report a pickup in manager searches in real estate through Q3 2013, as institutional investors turn to property as a source of badly needed yield. However...

The sales trader of the future looks dramatically different than in the past. While the major method of differentiation—relationships—has not changed, the definition has evolved. Today...

A growing number of small businesses and middle market companies are obtaining credit from non-bank providers. The most troubling news for banks—and possibly for regulators: nine out of 10...

While notional trading volumes of interest-rate derivatives saw a sizeable increase globally in 2013, corporate users continue to do the bulk of their business with a narrow list of dealers....

For the first time in five years, U.S. equity commissions are up 10%—a trend Greenwich Associates predicts will continue through 2014. In a low-volume trading environment, the rise is the...

While the bulge bracket continues to see the majority of trade flow, Greenwich Associates data shows a strong trend toward mid-tier brokers for both execution and research. Despite seeing a decline...

E-trading is appealing to resource-constrained investors and brokers alike. But content demands keep the majority of trades flowing through high-touch channels. It is important not to interpret the...

Cloud computing applications, like vendor-hosted execution management systems (EMS) and Software as a Service (SaaS), are common on Wall St., but most finance firms are underutilizing this resource...

Greenwich Associates expects both usage rates and allocations to broaden as institutions embrace ETFs for an expanding number of applications and asset classes, and as ETF providers continue to...