1997 Bond Trading Poll: The rise of the continentals
| Government bonds | |||
| Belgium | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 2 | Kredietbank | 18 |
| 2 | 3 | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 14 |
| 3= | - | Banque Bruxelles Lambert | 13 |
| 3= | 1 | Generale Bank | 13 |
| 3= | - | Société Générale | 13 |
| France | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 3= | Banque Paribas | 21 |
| 2 | 1 | Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Banque Nationale de Paris | 14 |
| 4 | - | Société Générale | 12 |
| 5= | - | Banque Indosuez/Crédit Agricole | 11 |
| 5= | - | Crédit Commercial de France | 11 |
| Germany | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 53 |
| 2 | 3= | Dresdner Kleinwort Benson | 15 |
| 3 | 5 | JP Morgan | 11 |
| 4 | - | Lehman Brothers | 10 |
| 5= | 3= | ABN Amro Hoare Govett | 7 |
| 5= | - | Bayerische Vereinsbank | 7 |
| 5= | - | WestLB | 7 |
| Ireland | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | 1 | Davy Stockbrokers | 20 |
| 2= | 3 | Riada Stockbrokers | 12 |
| 2= | 2 | NCB Stockbrokers | 12 |
| 4 | 4 | Goodbody Stockbrokers | 9 |
| 5 | - | Union Bank of Switzerland | 6 |
| Italy | |||
| 1997 | 1996 | Score | |
| 1 | - | Credito Italiano | 15 |
| 2 | 1= | JP Morgan | 14 |
| 3 | - | IMI | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | Morgan Stanley | 11 |
| 5= | Ð | Deutsche Morgan Grenfell | 8 |
| 5= | 4 | Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino | 8 |
| Netherlands | |||
| 1997 | ...|||