We follow the adoption of technology by market participants to manage risk and stay compliant, and the change in market sentiment from defensive to offensive with the deployment of risktech.
Our independent third-party analyses form the basis for senior sell-side management to benchmark their client businesses, identify revenue opportunities, assess service quality, and optimize allocation of resources.
The year ahead is arguably the most unpredictable since the start of the pandemic. Geopolitics are complicated, U.S. regulatory policy is uncertain, and although it seems like U.S. equity markets can’t stop going up and interest rates have nowhere...
The expansion of investment and trading into global strategies, new products and electronically traded markets couple with recent macro and financial stresses, has tasked risk managers to enhance their risk monitoring capabilities.
The prevalence of macro and geopolitical disruptions—changing interest rates, armed conflicts and potential recessions—continues to drive volatility, the need to hedge, and opportunities to generate alpha.
The derivatives market in 2024 will focus on increasing efficiency in response to key global and industry drivers that are adding costs and risks to trading desks.
The federation of business communications channels into a single, secure interface is set to be a competitive differentiator for firms embracing this technology.
Investment banking profits are a two-sided coin. Revenues often make the headlines, but it can be reductions in spending that increasingly drive profitability.
While summer has traditionally meant vacation time, winding down and casual work attire, for some in the capital markets industry, the summer of 2024 didn’t follow that script. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stayed busier than...