Rates survey 2011: Wider rates margins add heat to the competition

Banks take big risks in government bonds Euromoney Rates survey 2011: Results index

THEIR PEERS MARK out Barclays, Deutsche Bank and JPMorgan as the big three in the rates world. These are the firms with the best-established trading presences and strongest distribution networks in the developed-world government bond markets and associated interest rate derivatives. Euromoney’s survey, asking 1,200 of the biggest investors in government bonds and users of interest rate derivatives which firms they put their business through during the 12 months from September 2009 to September 2010, largely bears this out. Barclays Capital’s market share, looking in aggregate at government bonds and interest rate swaps across the maturity spectrum from two years to 30 years, is impressive enough in dollar rates and stunning in euros.