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BNP Paribas has reinforced its lead in European corporate banking, a Greenwich Associates report showed, due to its deal with the retrenching Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, which is referring its former cash-management clients. 

The institutional investor migration to ETFs has been identified previously in a study conducted by investment consulting firm Greenwich Associates.

A Greenwich Associates research report finds that while spending on fixed income is up, compensation for trading talent carried the day.

The results of theGreenwich Associates 2015 Trading Desk Optimization Study show that the buy side spent an estimated $15.6 billion to fulfill trader compensation and technology expenditures last year. The average budget per desk grew at a similar 4...

Richard Johnson, Greenwich Associates, discusses the results of the firm’s survey of 256 buy-side traders around the world. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Alix Steel on “Bloomberg Markets.” 

While algorithmic trading in foreign exchange is growing, it remains limited compared with other markets such as equities, according to Kevin McPartland, head of research for market structure and technology at Greenwich Associates.   

“Technology is only as good as the people behind it, and buy-side trading desks are putting their money where their mouth is,” said Kevin Kozlowski, a Greenwich analyst and author of the study. 

“The landscape has come to be dominated by a small few global and diverse exchange operators. The proposed entity would become a part of that picture, alongside market leaders CME and Intercontinental Exchange,” says Kevin McPartland.  ...

About 60% of the $281 billion of trades investors send to dealers each day go through the top five banks, up from 44% a decade ago, according to a report from financial-services consulting firm Greenwich Associates. 

"Parts of the fixed-income market are moving towards a more agency model, which more closely resembles the way equity markets work," said Kevin McPartland. "And it's hard to ignore the growth in fixed-income e-trading."