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Trends in Equities 2025

This report explores how changing market demographics are altering the relationship between buyside and sellside firms.

Following the financial crisis of 2008, a wave of regulatory change provided fertile ground for non-bank liquidity providers and alternative trading venues to flourish, presenting the buyside with an array of new trading execution options.

Published on: 24 Feb, 2025

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Concurrently, the electronification of equities trading was contributing to the growing adoption of low-touch trading systems, including proprietary algorithmic-based trading platforms and third-party custom-built applications, as market participants sought greater trading efficiencies. This gave buyside firms far more autonomy over execution than was previously possible.

Consequently, buyside firms are becoming less reliant on the sellside and, when it comes to trade execution strategy, there is a shift in the power balance from the sellside to the buyside.

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary
1.0 On the Cusp of Change
- 1.1 The Widespread Implications of the Shift from High- to Low-touch Trading
2.0 Changing Buyside Demands Re-define Relationship with the Sellside
- 2.1 Consolidation of the Broker Sector
3.0 Future Equities Trading Trends
- 3.1 What the Future Holds for Equities Trading
4.0 Appendix
- 4.1 Table of Figures