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Coalition Greenwich: Buy-side desk budgets hit US$2 million per year

The average buy-side trading desk budget is just over $2 million annually, inclusive of both technology and compensation, with roughly one-third allocated to technology...

Betting the house

Mortgage origination in the US is predicted by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) to rise significantly across 2024-25, yet trading of securitised mortgages still...

Are interdealer markets dead?

So-called ‘interdealer’ markets have long been used by large buy-side firms. This well-known secret creates inequality for those investment firms barred from participating, and...

Asset managers offering lower discount to promote new bond fund launches than equity funds

The launch of 'early-bird' share classes by asset managers is no longer uncommon in Europe according to research firm Fitz Partners, which now tracks...

GreySpark: Buyer’s guide for cross-asset e-trading tools sets new expectations

Analyst firm GreySpark has released a new report on vendor-provided cross-asset e-trading solutions as a buyer’s guide to help traders, resetting expectations for the...

Coalition Greenwich: Asian bond markets see electronic trading adoption accelerate

New analysis by research firm Coalition Greenwich has found that, while much of the e-trading growth in Asia to date has come via relatively...

How big is portfolio trading in corporate bond markets?

Recent reports from market participants have given slightly different estimates for the use of portfolio trading in US corporate bonds, however the consensus is...

OMS market: Vendors focusing on strategic sales pitch

Research suggests that an apparently limited interest in changing order management systems (OMS) on buy-side trading desks has been overcome by OMS vendors at...