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2016 Outlook: Commissions
01/14/2016
Despite a downer finish, 2015 was a positive year for equity commissions and by extension, research payments. We estimate that global equity commission rose about 12% to over $30 billion ...
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ETFs Set New Records in 2015
01/08/2016
The number of ETF sponsors grew 18% in 2015 as a record number of new companies issued ETFs. At the same time cash inflows to ETFs and the number of ...
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US Equity Analysts Upbeat about Research Industry
12/21/2015
The following is a guest commentary from John Gallagher, Managing Director at Ludwig Wessel & Associates, an executive search firm specializing in the financial services industry, and is based on ...
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Analysts Predict Regulations Will Disrupt Equities Trading
12/18/2015
Over three-quarters of equity analysts who cover global capital markets institutions expect new banking regulations to disrupt equity-trading business models over the next five years, according to a survey conducted ...
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US Is Losing The IPO Race
11/05/2015
Global IPO volumes have declined 30% year to date from 2014 levels, according to statistics compiled by Renaissance Capital an IPO research provider and manager of IPO-focused ETFs. US IPO ...
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US Cash Equities Volumes Up in Third Quarter & Year To Date
10/29/2015
US cash equity trading volumes, consolidated across all US equity exchanges, increased 29% in the third quarter year over year, from 363 billion shares traded to 468 billion. Third quarter ...
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Another Concern For Equity Long-Only Managers
10/16/2015
Buy-side industry watcher Cerulli Associates predicts that Baby Boomer retirement withdrawals in the U.S. will outpace contributions in 2016, depleting the assets of long-only managers. We examined industry statistics and ...
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Greenwich Struggles With Its Math
10/02/2015
Greenwich Associates said that UBS and Morgan Stanley are the two leading providers of European equity research with market shares of 8.8% and 8.5% respectively, according to its latest European ...
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Equities Headcount Down Despite Revenue Growth
09/10/2015
Coalition, a consulting firm focused on the investment banking industry, is predicting 12.5% growth in equities revenues for 2015. At the same time, Coalition is showing continuing declines in equities ...
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August Was A Good Month For US Cash Equities
09/04/2015
Intercontinental Exchange, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, reported that its U.S. cash equities average daily volume (ADV) in August was up 62% over the prior year. Year to ...