I spent most of my summer digging through our 2014 North American fixed income data looking to see what’s changed in the past year and what’s the come. While the bulge bracket continues to dominate rates, mid-tier brokers are making some headway in credit helped by increased client adoption of electronic trading platforms. But as […]
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US equity brokers made more money than last year – finally
We’ve just released the results of our benchmark US equities study, based on almost 600 interviews with US equity investors. While Greenwich has been conducting this study for literally decades, this is my first market structure analysis of the data since joining the firm last summer. The report includes the expected critical data points – total […]
Apparently TRACE hurt bond market liquidity – but there’s a catch
A study was released today from two very smart guys at Harvard and MIT that shows prices improved and liquidity declined after TRACE was thrust upon the bond market about a decade ago. As you can see from my quote in the Bloomberg News story below, the results aren’t terribly shocking. The extra transparency brought […]
Kevin on the Street is Back, and Kevin is Back to Research
Kevin on the Street is back after a little hiatus, and I’m excited to get things up and running again. Why am I back? Turns out research is what I really enjoying doing. If we’ve met you’ve probably heard me explain why research is a great gig – you basically get paid to talk to […]