While the rise in swaps clearing in the US is now being mirrored in other regions in advance of regulatory implementation, market share and product scope at central counterparty clearinghouses (CCPs) is also shifting. CCPs have largely continued to dominate
IHS Markit has launched RPA Manager, a comprehensive service helping asset managers acquire investment research in compliance with MiFID II. To reduce the potential for conflicts of interest, MiFID II requires asset managers to separate payments for research from trading
A more active approach to managing portfolio-wide currency risks, and in particular a greater appetite for active currency overlays, is being shown by institutional investors, driven by divergence in European and US interest rates, geopolitical unrest and greater scrutiny of
Blue River Partners, together with Eaton Partners, have co-authored a whitepaper aimed at the alternative assets industry which examines the history and impact of the outsourcing trend on today's market, and provides answers to questions frequently asked by managers. The

The search for liquidity has overtaken the low latency arms race, according to the latest update from Object Trading, provider of a multi-asset direct market access trading infrastructure to buy and sell side clients. Market participants’ survival is about more
A new survey by RSRCHXchange shows a significant slippage in terms of timing for MiFID II compliance, with the vast majority of asset managers leaving this until Q4 or later, despite the regulations coming onto effect in January 2018. In
A new study from The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) examines the monthly CBOE S&P 500 PutWrite Index and the CBOE S&P 500 One-Week PutWrite Index, comparing their performance with that of traditional benchmark stock and bond indexes. This is
The implementation of MiFID II and EMiR will dramatically increase the use of e-trading of European interest-rate derivatives, but it will also lead to an increase in concentration of trading flows with the market’s biggest dealers, according to a new
Alternative assets fund managers hold a record USD7.4 trillion in combined assets under management (AUM) in 2015, up from USD6.9 trillion a year before, according to Preqin’s 2016 Global Alternatives Reports. The private capital industry in particular has grown over
Institutional investors worldwide say it is challenging to find diversification among traditional asset classes, with more than half (54 per cent) saying stocks and bonds are too highly correlated to provide distinctive sources of return. That’s according to a recent
