A September rate cut now carries a 93 percent probability, according to CME’s FedWatch. The country’s largest banks, meanwhile, can’t even agree on the year, let alone the month, as their strategists make the rounds on U.S. financial news. The Producer …

Europe’s most boring sector is piping hot. Bank stocks are outpacing the S&P500 for the fifth straight year, defying recession fears and fading rate tailwinds. Banking analysts at Schroders and JPMorgan still see room for more gains. While much of the …

This week’s overview of people transfers and appointments includes updates from Flow Traders and Blackrock. Flow Traders Thomas Spitz has been appointed chief executive officer of Flow Traders, the Amsterdam-based market maker announced. He succeeds Mike …

Henk van Eldik has lived and worked in Luxembourg for decades. As an expert on the funds industry, he sees how the Grand Duchy continues to evolve as an innovative European investment center. This article is part of a seasonal series highlighting stories …

Vanguard now owns more shares in MicroStrategy than its founder Michael Saylor despite publicly dismissing crypto as speculative. The irony is hard to miss, but the real lesson is that so-called passive investing is becoming anything but passive. …

Northern Trust Asset Management has recently made a significant expansion to its quantitative investing team, prompting a shift in its approach. “AI now allows us to explore ideas that were previously impractical,” says ‘newcomer’ Gijsbert de Lange. But …

Many institutional investors rely on market indicators such as beta to manage the systematic risk in their portfolios. Beta shows to what extent a portfolio moves in line with the market. But how well do investors really understand this relationship? New …

Robinhood, the Silicon Valley-based brokerage known for disrupting Wall Street with zero-commission trading and meme-stock mania, is making a bold play for Europe. Its strategy? Rewire equity markets using blockchain. By offering tokenized versions of …

The EU’s trade deal with the US may not be its finest hour, but that doesn’t mean Europe is without success stories. Take Greece, for instance. Near bankrupt in 2010, the country is now one of the eurozone’s strongest growers. Unemployment has fallen …

Trend-following strategies, also known as managed futures, have historically performed well during periods of strong market movements. They benefit from price fluctuations in both rising and falling markets. However, trendless or sideways markets tend to …

US banks split on Fed’s next move as market grows certain of cut next month

Analysts see even more upside in European banks

Transfers: Flow Traders, Blackrock

Henk van Eldik: ‘Luxembourg is at its best when it’s informal’

When the index calls the shots

AI unlocks new avenues for quant investing at Northern Trust

Why even pros get beta wrong

Robinhood set to hack Europe’s equity rulebook using MiCA

Greece: Economic comeback? Or just a stimulus illusion?

Morningstar: Winton vs AQR in trend-following strategies