Risk institutional investor rankings 2010

The resurgence of market volatility and growing regulatory uncertainty have made the past 12 months challenging for investors. In this difficult environment, respondents to Risk’s institutional investor survey voted JP Morgan the top provider of derivatives. By Gavin Whenman, with research by Ana Mendes

After post-Lehman anguish spilled into the start of 2009, the relative calm that followed in the second half of last year came as a welcome respite for investors – markets began to normalise, liquidity increased and there were signs of returning risk appetite. Sadly, it has proved to be all too brief. This year, regulatory uncertainty and the eurozone debt crisis have combined to produce the most volatile, illiquid markets since the peak of the crisis.

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