Boston, December 9, 2020 – The landscape of independent transaction cost analysis vendors with multi-asset class capabilities has evolved greatly over the past five years. Macro forces—from regulatory pressure to the COVID-19 pandemic—have pushed the adoption of TCA. As workforces shifted to working from home and trading volume soared in the first half of 2020, traders relied on TCA tools to ensure trades were executed at fair prices across different asset classes.

This report explores some of the key trends within the TCA market and discusses how technology is evolving to address new market needs and challenges. It is based on Aite Group interviews with seven third-party providers of TCA solutions based in the U.S. and U.K. as well as their global clients between June 2020 and October 2020.

This 24-page Impact Report contains eight figures and three tables. Clients of Aite Group’s Institutional Securities & Investments service can download this report, the corresponding charts, and the Executive Impact Deck.

This report mentions Abel Noser Solutions, Amazon, BestX Ltd (State Street), Bloomberg L.P., GTA Babelfish, IHS Markit, ISS LiquidMetrix, Microsoft, and Virtu Financial.