A three-way battle between Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan for top spot in equities revenue in 2024 will come down to derivatives performance. Equity derivatives also offer European banks a ...

Equity derivatives, as we know them today, are financial instruments that derive their value from price movements of underlying assets, typically a stock or stock index. They’re popular with traders ...

2024 confirmed what senior traders have long known: that the sustained rise in banks’ markets revenues since the outbreak of Covid-19 is the new normal, drawing a line under the previous decade’s ...

The historic panic in global stock markets has spawned a fortune for some of the world’s biggest investment banks. JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. have added about $500 million in revenue from ...

When China’s stock market came roaring back to life last year, UBS was perfectly positioned, with its leading equity derivatives franchise, to capitalise upon the revival in international investors’ ...

As the trend toward using equity derivatives in corporate finance sweeps Europe, the situation in the US couldnt be more different. Companies have long used equity derivatives to help manage ...

Corporate users of equity derivatives continue to seek out simple, transparent products. Until regulatory overhaul is complete, this tack is unlikely to change. The ripples from the 2008 financial ...

National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) is preparing to expand beyond commodities with new offerings in mutual ...

US and European options markets have experienced contrasting fortunes over the past decade. As shown in this chart, US index options volumes have surged while European activity has flatlined. Although ...

A 20% slump in global stock prices doesn’t sound like the ideal environment in which to grow an equities trading business. But that was the backdrop with which BNP Paribas had to contend as it moved ...

Many dealing houses aspire to be leading players in equity derivatives but only one institution has consistently been at the forefront of innovation in an increasingly competitive area, and that ...