With an eye on new revenue opportunities, sell-side firms are launching trading desks for exchange traded funds, a global market that has close to $3 trillion in assets under management. While they want to jump on the ETF bandwagon, they can’t enter the business without the right infrastructure and functionality. But the technology requirements are forcing some banks and brokers to examine the fitness of their order management systems for handling ETFs.
ETF Trading and Order Management
With an eye on new revenue opportunities, sell-side firms are launching trading desks for exchange traded funds, a global market that has close to $3 trillion in assets under management. Investors have been pouring money into ETFs, as they offer low fees, exchange trading and exposure to different countries, regions and asset classes.
While sell-side firms want to jump on the ETF bandwagon, they can’t enter the business without the right infrastructure and functionality. But the technology requirements are forcing some banks and brokers to examine the fitness of their order management systems for handling ETFs.
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