Wealth Management – In a story about Charles Schwab buying TD Ameritrade, Healthy Markets Executive Director Tyler Gellasch, speaking about antitrust issues is quoted as saying ““Right now, a $500 million asset manager, as a trading entity, doesn’t have relationships with institutional trading desks at bulge bracket banks,” he said. “How will a manager without […]
Read MoreOn November 19, 2019, the Healthy Markets Association released its ground-breaking Research Practices Questionnaire. The Research Practices Questionnaire is intended to assist asset owners and asset managers in assessing the conflicts of interest and costs attendant with their service providers’ research practices. By way of background, for more than two decades, investors and their trade […]
Read MoreMarkets Media – In a story about market data costs, Healthy Markets Executive Director Tyler Gellasch is quote as saying “As exchange data is a fixed cost for all market participants, the highest-volume banks and market makers end up trading for low cost or no cost, while smaller firms subsidize the largest firms and may […]
Read MoreFinancial Advisor IQ – In a story about the recent Investor Advisory Committee meeting that Healthy Markets Executive Director Tyler Gellasch testified before, Financial Advisor cites to him saying “the idea that these exemptions [discussed in the SEC concept paper] maintain investor protection is laughable.” (Full Story).
Read MoreToday, the Healthy Markets Association announced the appointment of Amy McGarrity to its Board of Directors. Ms. McGarrity serves as the Chief Investment Officer of Colorado PERA, a member of Healthy Markets. “Amy is a powerful voice for pensioners,” said Tyler Gellasch, Executive Director of Healthy Markets. “We welcome her expertise and perspective, as we […]
Read MoreFinancial Planning – In a story about custody, Healthy Markets Executive Director Tyler Gellasch is quoted saying “I suspect smaller RIAs will welcome competition, but the incumbents offer a lot more than just custody and trading services, and they’ve been doing this a long time.” Gellasch also said “Thousands of physics and engineering Ph.D.s have spent […]
Read MoreWall Street Journal – In a story about odd lot trades accounting for more than 50% of all stock market trades, Healthy Markets Executive Director Tyler Gellasch is quoted saying ““Odd lots are a huge part of the markets,” Excluding odd-lot orders from the SIP and best execution statistics misleads customers into thinking they are […]
Read MoreFinancial Times – In an article about exchange market data fees, Healthy Markets Executive Director Tyler Gellasch is quoted as saying “the exchanges’ dominant business model has shifted from making revenue from trading to making revenue from data.” (Full Story).
Read MoreThe Block – In a story about the Crypto Ratings Council Tyler Gellasch, executive director at Healthy Markets and previous counsel to SEC Commissioner Kara M. Stein, said it can be murky. The Council may be leaving itself open to considerable risk. “There’s a lot of complex rules around those types of things, but yet […]
Read MoreCoin Telegraph – In a story about a newly formed Crypto Rating Council, Tyler Gellasch Executive Director of Healthy Markets is quoted saying “Council members may themselves have a stake in the assets they are evaluating, potentially compromising their assessment”. Mr. Gellasch further states that: “A group of private companies jointly declaring how they think […]
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