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Bloomberg: “NEX Group and Tradeweb combined handle over 60 percent of the electronically traded volume in the U.S. Treasury market today, which means any change in ownership will be material for the market,” said Kevin McPartland.

Markets Media: A recent report from consultancy Greenwich Associates also found that many US investment managers are considering unbundling.

Financial Post: “I think the biggest trend that we’re following is the increasingly strategic application of ETFs in institutional portfolios,” said Christopher Dunn. “For example, the time in which those investments are in place has extended...

Markets Media: Consultancy Greenwich Associates said in a report, European Corporate Bond Trading: Impacts of MiFID II, that investors in the region execute more than half, 52%, of investment grade corporate bond volume trades electronically,...

Traders: “Even a small proportion of institutions allocating to MPL could have a huge impact on the industry overall—and securitization could be the key to unlocking those assets,” said Richard Johnson.

Reuters: European asset managers could cut their research budgets by more than 100 million euros a year after a major regulatory overhaul of the securities trading industry goes into effect next January, Greenwich Associates found.

Markets Media: “These are the levels that, in aggregate, the buy side feels are the appropriate mix to optimally manage their order flow,” said Richard Johnson.

Investment Executive: Addenda Capital, Greystone Managed Investments Inc. and Phillips, Hager & North Investment Management lead the latest rankings of Canadian institutional investment managers Greenwich Associates.

"Future token issuances will need to be compliant with securities regulations, some existing tokens may be restructured for regulatory purposes, and marketplaces for these tokens may need to become compliant under the Exchange Act of '34," Richard...

In the U.S., such trading stands at 20% of the total secondary bond market for high-grade bonds, up from 12% to 14% three years ago, while in Europe the level is close to 50%, according Greenwich Associates. Nearly 11% of U.S. high yield bonds are...