Morgan Stanley
Athene dominates FX forwards market for US life insurers
Counterparty Radar: Morgan Stanley claims top dealer spot in $56 billion sector

Mutual funds dump two-thirds of FX options positions in Q4
Counterparty Radar: Morgan Stanley Investment Management leads fall in volumes with big cuts to RMB trades

Pimco nearly halves FX forwards book in Q4
Counterparty Radar: West Coast manager’s 45% cuts send Morgan Stanley to fifth place in dealer rankings

Review of 2022: the return of volatility
Russia and the Fed set markets ablaze, while SA-CCR shook up FX swaps
Morgan Stanley IM slashes FX options book
Counterparty Radar: Manager’s reduction tanks JP Morgan’s market share with sector
Morgan Stanley regains FX forwards top spot
Counterparty Radar: US bank dethrones HSBC, which slipped to fourth in Q3
Best Banks Awards 2022: The winners
JP Morgan picks up six awards and BNP Paribas takes three under a new, revamped process
MSIM option strategy set for payout
Manager has spent over $400 million buying options that have yet to generate returns – until now
JP Morgan increases FX options dealer lead as Goldman slips
Counterparty Radar: GSAM up five manager spots amid market decline, while MSIM holds RMB positions steady
HSBC claims top FX forwards spot as US banks fall back
Counterparty Radar: Morgan Stanley falls from pole position for first time since Q2 2021 amid wider volume decline
FX HedgePool to push into spot market by year end
Buy-side P2P swaps matching engine to launch new service for WM/R benchmark
MSIM cuts third of FX options volume amid market contraction
Counterparty Radar: Manager pares $13bn of USD/RMB trades, deals blow to BNP’s market share
MSIM holds half of FX options notionals among US funds
Counterparty Radar: Manager tops up on USD/RMB calls to extend lead and helps Goldman into second place among dealers
Morgan Stanley solidifies forwards lead as Citi and BNP slip
Counterparty Radar: Non-G10 pairs regain momentum despite dip in total positions in Q3
SA-CCR brings little succour for FX dealers and clients
Spreads on swaps and forwards likely to widen as banks adjust to capital-intensive regime
Morgan Stanley bests Citi as top forwards shop for US funds
Counterparty Radar: A $30bn boost from Vanguard sends MS to top of Q2 charts
PoP goes FXPB: prime of prime fizzes, but isn’t to all tastes
Sources report ebullient growth among PoPs, despite lingering wariness around risk redistribution
US mutual funds’ crypto holdings doubled to over $1bn in Q1
BlackRock and MSIM are among 16 US fund managers dipping their toes into crypto investing
Renminbi splurge lifts BNPP, MSIM in Q1 options data
Counterparty Radar: Morgan Stanley IM is largest options user, following series of huge renminbi calls
Quant fund aims to tame bitcoin, and 39 other digital assets
Ex-Morgan Stanley, Winton vets reimagine institutional risk management for volatile crypto markets
Franklin Templeton and Citi top for FX options
Counterparty Radar: Data shows US bank as top dealer for mutual funds in Q3 and Q4, while Californian manager is biggest user
Vanguard extends forwards dominance as Citi dips
Counterparty Radar: Fund giant responsible for more than a third of total forwards volumes and half of EUR/USD in Q4
Citi extends lead in FX forwards, BNP Paribas climbs
Counterparty Radar: Total value of forwards positions jumps 11% after second-quarter dip
FX Markets Asia Awards 2020: Best execution algorithm provider – Morgan Stanley
Facing evolving demands in a world struck by the Covid‑19 pandemic, Morgan Stanley has adapted to trends and readied a new non-deliverable forward product, while its algo product suite has outshone its peers