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What Tokyo can – and can’t – teach the west about dealing with financial crisis and its aftermath
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Full coverage of the Awards event and the winners is now available below. Deutsche Bank was named Global Derivatives House of the Year at a gala dinner in London earlier this week (DW Online, 9/6).
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Some 160 of the over-the-counter market's top movers, together with key figures from the European Securitization market, gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel in Canary Wharf in London last Monday for the unveiling of Derivatives Week's 2008 Awards. -
Allen & Overy again pocketed this award after fans cited work for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and its profile as an authority on the Asian derivatives market, where it has been involved in a number of landmark transactions including working on the first China single-name loan credit default swap with a bank in the People's Republic of China.
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BlueMountain Capital Management is singled out for having steady performance across virtually all its funds, with mostly no flat or down months and only minor dips in months when it did suffer.
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Credit Suisse landed the top honor in fund linked derivatives, winning client plaudits for due diligence, flexibility and innovation with wrappings and payouts.
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Deutsche Bank has dodged the worst of the credit crunch, staying out of the headlines and ahead of the competition.
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Eton Park Capital Management made a few strategic moves last year and into the start of this year that put it ahead of the pack.
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Deutsche Bank has emerged as a global leader in flow credit derivatives over the last 12 months, despite the credit crunch. Led by Antoine Cornut, head of flow trading, and overseen by Boaz Weinstein and Colin Fan, co-heads of global credit trading, the firm has booked impressive results, including volume for single name and index trading totalling EUR650 billion for the first quarter of this year, equivalent to its tally for all of 2006.
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Barclays Capital emerged as the top shop this year, with fans pointing to its accessibility to retail investors and its consistent innovation. Hassan Houari, head of structuring in London--in concert with Pierre Bes, head of private banking coverage Europe, and Richard Ager, director--has led the development of a string of novel retail products.
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JPMorgan scooped this category again, seeing off hot competition, after investing heavily in its institutional platform, particularly for hedge funds, and driving into emerging markets such as Russia, Brazil and South Africa.
