Counterparty Radar
How Risk.net’s robots unlocked Ucits trade data
Machine learning tool helps reveal the largest European derivatives users – and who they trade with
Capital Group grows interest rates swaps book by 62%
Counterparty Radar: Aggregate notional of US mutual fund and ETF positions hit $957 billion in Q1
Vanguard stages swaptions comeback
Counterparty Radar: Deutsche grew book to $11 billion in Q1 to become largest non-US swaptions dealer to mutual funds
Data reveals hidden clockwork of FX forwards market
More than 70% of Vanguard’s volumes and nearly half of Pimco’s regularly occur on just four calendar days
Morgan Stanley shoots into FX options dealer top spot
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds added $11.1 billion in new positions in Q1
Pimco doubles down on FX forwards trades in Q1
Counterparty Radar: Pimco accounted for nearly 60% of all notionals added by mutual funds
Continued decline of the one-stop shop
Dealer Rankings 2024: Only two banks make the top 10 across all rankings tables – others have focused on vertical dominance
Often fluid. Not always liquid
Dealer Rankings 2024: On the buy side and the sell side, the make-up and depth of OTC mini-markets can change rapidly
The squeezing middle: data shows Europeans taking on US foes
Dealer Rankings 2024: Barclays, BNP Paribas and Deutsche grab bigger share of the pie
Cuts and points – how the Dealer Rankings work
Dealer Rankings 2024: We have a simple way to compare dealers. Sort of simple, anyway
Citi tops second edition of Risk’s Dealer Rankings
Dealer Rankings 2024: Data shows five big US dealers still lead, but with Europeans closing in
MassMutual adds to mammoth interest rate swaps book
Counterparty Radar: Firm was responsible for 28% of US life insurers’ notional aggregate in Q4 2023
Allianz Life drops single-name CDS positions in Q4
Counterparty Radar: US life insurance industry volumes sink to lowest level in two years
Citi halves swaptions book with US retail funds
Counterparty Radar: Mutual funds and ETFs cut exposures by 22% in Q4
Morgan Stanley back on top for US insurer FX forwards trades
Counterparty Radar: Bank added $1.7bn with Mass Mutual in Q4 to overtake Citi as biggest dealer
BlackRock’s interest rate swaps notional climbs 20%
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds continued to add to their positions in Q4
Invesco more than triples size of its FX options book
Counterparty Radar: Manager’s portfolio exceeded $5bn notional in Q4
Pimco’s cuts to FX forwards positions hit dealers in Q4
Counterparty Radar: State Street takes top spot among dealers as BNP Paribas slides to fourth
Kings and kingmakers in the Ucits FX forwards market
Counterparty Radar: First look into European retail fund data reveals HSBC and Vanguard as top dealer and manager
Mizuho’s life insurance swaptions notional climbs 575% in a year
Counterparty Radar: Prudential, Global Atlantic add substantially to positions in Q3 as market’s notional total grows to $184bn
Citi swaption volumes surge as BlackRock relationship flourishes
Counterparty Radar: Market leader Pimco cuts nearly one-third of book in Q3