Executive Summary

This report provides detailed information from North America-based investors investing in equity derivatives, including helpful benchmark data such as:

● Product usage
● Important selection criteria
● Concentration of business
● Notional trading value
 

Methodology

Research is based on in-person and telephone interviews with 173 respondents between May and June, 2014. The data in this report is based upon aggregated results from individuals participating in the study.

Buy-side institutional investors  were asked to provide quantitative and qualitative evaluations of the broker-dealers they use as well as detailed information on important market trends.