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1. Societe Generale - $7.1bn (European index futures) 2008
2. Amaranth Advisors - $6.5bn (Gas futures) 2006
3. Long Term Capital Management - $4.6bn (Interest rate and equity derivatives) 1998
4. Sumitomo Corporation - $2.6bn (Copper futures) 1996
5. Bawag - $2.5bn (Currency and interest rate swaps) 2006
=6. Metallgesellscahft - $1.6bn (Oil futures) 1993
=6. Sowood Capital Management - $1.6bn (Debt securities)
8. Barings - $1.4bn (Nikkei futures) 1995
9. Credit Suisse - $1.3bn (Emerging markets) 1998
10. Daiwa Bank - $1.1bn (bonds) 1995
=11. Bank of Montreal - $800m (Natural gas options) 2007
=11. WestLB - $800m (Equities) 2007
=13. Allied Irish Bank - $700m (Currencies) 2002
=13. Morgan Grenfell - $700m (Equities) 1997
15. UBS - $500m (Derivatives) 1998
=16. Kidder Peabody - $ 400m (US T-Bills) 1994
=16. Dexia - $400m (Bonds) 2001
=16. CIC - $400m (Equity derivatives) 2005
19. Merrill Lynch - $377m (Mortgages)
20. Calyon - $350m (Credit indices) 2007
21. National Australia Bank - $300m (Currencies) 2004
=22. Salomon Brothers -$250m (Mortgages) 1986
=22. NatWest Markets - $250m (Options) 1997
