Barclays Capital has maintained a leadership position in interest rate products for a number of years. We offer a complete product set in all the major European currencies – including sterling, euro, Scandinavian currencies and Swiss francs. In addition, our global interest rate exotics business is headquartered in London and provides a host of structured products to meet client needs.
In Risk magazine’s various derivatives surveys, we achieved a number of top tier positions:
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2006 inter-dealer survey
- No 1 in euro and No 2 in sterling swaps 2-10 years
- No 2 in euro in long dated swaps -
2006 corporate survey
- No 1 in sterling interest rate options
- No 2 in sterling forward rate agreements -
2006 institutional survey
- No 1 in sterling and No 2 in euro interest rate options
- No 2 in sterling and No 3 in euro forward rate agreements
Barclays Capital is a liquidity provider in a broad range of interest rate derivative products, including structured products and exotics. Risk magazine’s corporate end-user survey in 2006, places the firm in the top five in the US dollar interest rate swap business.
Barclays Capital led the development of etrading in US dollar interest rate swaps through its BARX platform, and is ranked No 1 electronic execution of USD IRS.
Barclays Capital is growing rapidly in Asia Pacific and has established a strong presence in the interest rate derivatives business. We have invested considerable financial and human resources, and offer comprehensive interest rate risk management solutions to clients in the region.
In keeping with our strong focus and commitment to execution, Barclays Capital is the market leader in Asia Pacific in terms of bringing Japanese interest rate products online, having launched BARX for JPY swaps in 2005. In addition, the BARX service was extended to allow products denominated in US dollars (US Treasuries, Agency Bonds, TIPs and swaps) to be traded in Asia Pacific trading hours.
