Top 10 Trends in Institutional Securities & Investments, 2015: Catching Fire
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Top 10 Trends in Institutional Securities & Investments, 2015: Catching Fire
Regulatory clarity will pave the way for new strategies, revenue, and competitive advantage.
Boston, January 15, 2015 – The securities and investments landscape looks nothing like it did even a decade ago. The distinction between the listed and OTC markets has become increasingly blurred, traditional buy-side support is in doubt, the search for alpha has moved to a search for predictability in nontraditional data analysis, and the word "transparency" has become a key driver of competitive differentiation. While cost concerns still dominate the minds of most key decision-makers, commitment to the future has finally come into focus and 2015 is gearing up to be a stellar year for market growth.
Aite Group reveals the top 10 trends that will shape the institutional securities and investments industry in 2015:
- Global OTC derivatives reform faces setbacks and challenges
- The fixed income market undergoes massive transformation?
- Trading and communication see a possible seismic shift
- Pressure rises in regulatory compliance
- Transparency becomes a competitive differentiator
- Hype around cloud, utilities, and big data fails to meet reality
- Firms innovate or die
- Capital markets embraces cybersecurity
- Multi-asset-class market structure changes accelerate
- Total cost of ownership demands attention
This 39-page Impact Note contains 12 figures. Clients of Aite Group's Institutional Securities & Investments service can download this report.