Articles by Samuel Karasek
Allianz Life triples index CDS book
Counterparty Radar: US life insurer market’s notional volume doubles in Q1
Pimco returns to sold index CDS growth
Counterparty Radar: Market for US retail funds sheds $5.2 billion in volume in Q1
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US life insurer index options market hits $1trn mark
Counterparty Radar: Lincoln Financial emerges as top player in Q4 with $43 billion portfolio increase
Citi becomes top single-name CDS dealer for US life insurers
Counterparty Radar: New York bank bests Barclays as sector contracts by $340 million at the end of 2022
Fidelity, T Rowe add to sold single-stock call positions
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds, ETFs shed $2.7 billion in options notional during Q4
Calamos grows equity index options book amid put U-turn
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds cut $39.3 billion notional in Q4
BMR grows bought single-name CDS book as market slumps
Counterparty Radar: US retail funds cut $1.5 billion in sold swap positions in Q4
Capital Group, BMR double down on bought index CDSs
Counterparty Radar: Market for US mutual funds contracts in Q4 for the first time in eight quarters
Franklin Templeton takes single-stock options top spot
Counterparty Radar: Market for US mutual funds and ETFs expanded by $4 billion in Q3
Simplify bursts into equity index options lead
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds added exposure to sector in Q3
PGIM cuts corporate CDSs as US funds shed volume
Counterparty Radar: Morgan Stanley retains top dealer spot in single-name CDS trades for mutual funds
Capital Group, Pimco lead tilt to bought index CDSs
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds added $7.8bn of bought protection, growing sector to $169bn in Q3
PGIM grows sovereign-referencing CDS book in falling market
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds cut $2bn in single-name swaps in Q2, making largest reductions in SSA trades
Virtus, FT boosted sold single-stock calls amid Q2 contraction
Counterparty Radar: US mutual fund managers cut $4.3 billion in individual equity options
T Rowe, JP Morgan AM defy equity index options retreat
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds cut $15.4 billion from their books in Q2 2022
PGIM leans into bought credit options, further boosts Barclays
Counterparty Radar: US mutual funds added $25 billion in net new positions in Q1 with purchased protection rising
Mutual funds dialled up bullish bets with stock options in Q1
Counterparty Radar: Market contracted by $3.9 billion as US managers decreased sold calls
JP Morgan AM leads US funds in equity index options buildout
Counterparty Radar: S&P 500 puts and calls grow 10% in Q1
Pimco, Western AM buttress sold index CDS positions
Counterparty Radar: US funds grow CDX NA HY positions by $7.2 billion in Q1
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
State Street flies high in FX forwards as Goldman, Citi dive
Counterparty Radar: Goldman loses half of market share, drops out of dealer top 10
Pimco triples book as IR swaptions market nearly doubles
Counterparty Radar: Goldman Sachs nets almost all of bond giant’s Q4 growth
PGIM credit options binge lifts Barclays, Morgan Stanley
Counterparty Radar: Insurer’s AM arm doubled its market share in Q4 2021 as bought protection swells