Rate Markets

J.P. Morgan is one of the global market leaders in fixed income providing market leading liquidity across fixed income securities and OTC derivatives. We provide our clients with a comprehensive range of products and solutions that are structured to meet their specific fixed income investment, risk management and financing requirements. Across the G10 currencies, from a government bond trade to the most complex structured interest rate note, clients are able to transact seamlessly across a full product suite including:

Sales and Marketing 
The sales force is aligned against specific countries, industries and clients, offering custom-tailored strategies adapted to each client's business imperatives, trading/hedging style, investment preferences and risk appetite. The design and implementation of tailored solutions extend beyond client-specific hedging issues and include bespoke advice on asset and liability management and investment. We are committed to being quick and responsive to client demand, with dynamic pricing and the ability to absorb significant risk across all regions globally. 

Electronic Trading  
J.P. Morgan has a fully integrated electronic client solutions group providing a range of products across the asset classes, including pre-trade, trade and post-trade solutions to a broad client base. We deliver instant access to our liquidity and product expertise, giving our clients unparalleled access to our range of fixed income products. We offer proprietary risk management tools, enabling clients to measure, quantify and manage their financial exposure.
J.P. Morgan provides access to the bank's liquidity in the fixed income space through the following electronic channels:

  • TradeWeb
  • Bloomberg
  • BondVision
  • Trading Screen

J.P. Morgan led the ecommerce innovation in the Interest Rate Derivative OTC market via its strategic involvement in the Request for Quote (RFQ) trading protocol on the TradeWeb platform, where J.P. Morgan is the top ranked liquidity provider. We also offer an extensive suite of OTC products on our Bloomberg JPSX page with extensive pricing for OTC rates products.

Exotics and Hybrids 
Our exotics and hybrids group develops and trades highly structured, complex derivatives which span multiple asset classes. The group has enjoyed considerable growth in recent years, and has expanded its product range beyond "traditional" interest rate and FX underlying assets. These innovative trade structures allow clients to express combined views across the rates, commodities and equities spaces, enabling them to address specific correlated risks that are not otherwise achievable through trading standard market instruments. 

The group has worked closely with J.P. Morgan's fixed-income/rates and derivatives research to develop proprietary Tradeable Index Strategies  to allow investors to gain exposure to key asset classes, benchmarks, and dynamic trading strategies.

Research 
As part of J.P. Morgan's award winning global research group, our economic and derivative research delivers comprehensive and innovative research products to assist clients in their hedging, trading and investment decisions in Rates. The fixed-income strategy team supports the firm's clients in the fixed income securities, OTC derivative and futures and options markets. The team publishes weekly, monthly and quarterly analysis on all aspects of the fixed income markets. In addition, the team works closely with individual clients providing analysis to meet their specific needs.

MorganMarkets, the firm's research website, provides a single point allowing clients to access all of J.P. Morgan's analysis and commentary on a timely basis.


Market Leadership

#1 in All-Europe Fixed Income Research Survey (Institutional Investor, 2008)
#1 in Interest Rate Swaps & #1 in Interest Rate Caps / Floors (Risk Interdealer derivative rankings, 2007)
#1 in Forward Rate Agreements - US Dollar (Risk Corporate End-User rankings, 2007)
#1 in Exotic Interest Rate Products - US Dollar (Risk Corporate End-User rankings, 2007)
#1 in Interest Rate Options Overall (Risk Institutional Investor End-User rankings, 2007)
#1 in Forward rate Agreements Overall (Risk Institutional Investor End-User rankings, 2007)



Awards

  • Overall Top Dealer in Corporate End-User Rankings (Risk, 2008)
  • Derivatives House of the Year (Risk, 2008)
  • Bond Trading House of the Year ( The Banker, 2007)
  • Investment Bank House of the Year for the Americas ( The Banker, 2007)
  • Best Derivatives House in the industry for the last twenty years  (Risk, 2007)
 
 

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