The four pillars of growth for global banks in 1Q25. CIB increased 10% in 1Q25—robust performance mainly driven by outperformance in Markets.

The evolution of buy-side front-office trading technology continues. Providers of order management systems (OMS), execution management systems (EMS) and portfolio management systems (PMS) are continuously updating their capabilities and product...

A push by large U.S. companies to more closely link internal treasury systems to bank platforms is helping create a new digital corporate banking ecosystem tailored to an era of digital commerce and real-time payments.

The crypto market is rapidly evolving, with traders at hedge funds and asset managers now trading a wider range of assets. Gone are the days of focusing solely on trading the top assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum on a spot or futures basis.

Japanese institutional investors are dramatically cutting back on new asset manager hires and slowing the pace of their ongoing shift toward private assets in their portfolios.

Commercial and industrial loan demand surged in 2024, driven by rate cuts and improving economic sentiment. But can this momentum continue into 2025? Uncertainty about the business environment threatens to slow growth.

Canadian asset managers prioritize efficient access to liquidity backed by great service and are increasingly turning to electronic trading to get the job done.

Senior derivatives leaders believe that macro trends will have the greatest influence on the derivatives market in the year ahead.

Rather than devoting new resources to win relationships with new companies, European corporate banks and their international counterparts are targeting existing clients for growth. 

The European equities commission wallet rose a modest 4% in 2024, though challenges remain due to an ongoing focus on efficiency and cost savings.